Bee safe out there, Pioneers. *********From the National Weather Service************ FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CDT... AT 1016 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BOSCOBEL AND FENNIMORE. THERE IS GROWING CONCERN FOR THE CITY OF BOSCOBEL AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY AS THESE REPEATED STORMS WILL CREATE VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. THE GRANT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT THE BLUE RIVER IS NEAR BANKFULL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 06:02:21 +0000
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