The storm system that is currently pushing throug the region today certainly is drawing in a lot of moisture and as a result, we’re dealing with record rainfall and widespread flooding.  Flood Warnings have been posted across much of southern Minnesota and Wisconsin today and more is on the way to make the situation potentially worse.  Here’s a statement on today’s heavy rain and flooding threat from the National Weather Service:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
803 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

...MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE...COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...

VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS THE AREA LAST NIGHT THROUGH THIS
MORNING...WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECORDING OVER 4 INCHES. THIS RESULTED
IN FLOODING...WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED...SOME MUDSLIDES...AND THE
CITY OF ARCADIA UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO HIGH WATER. RIVERS
AND STREAMS ARE QUICKLY RESPONDING...REACHING OR EXCEEDING BANKFULL.
THE BLACK AND TREMPEALEAU RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE...AND THE WHITE WATER RIVER IS ALREADY FLOODING. THE ZUMBRO
RIVER IN NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IS ALSO FLOODING.

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY INTO
TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH POTENTIALLY LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IF
HIGH AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED...THIS WILL EXACERBATE THE CURRENT
FLOODING...AND COULD RESULT IN EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
ISSUES.

THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...AS ALREADY EVIDENCED BY THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY IN ARCADIA. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE
CAUTION AS THEY MOVE ABOUT TODAY...STAYING ABREAST OF THE LATEST
RAINFALL AND FLOODING INFORMATION. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE CLOSURES...ALTERNATE ROUTES MAY BE
NEEDED. WASHOUTS AND MUDSLIDES ON ROADWAYS COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH
MORE HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER...EXPECT RAPID
RISES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER ROUND IN SHORT NOTICE.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
815 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

...OVERNIGHT RAINFALL TOTALS FROM ACROSS THE AREA...

LOCATION                   RAINFALL    TIME     LAT/LON

IOWA

...ALLAMAKEE COUNTY...
DORCHESTER HIGHWAY 76      2.39        0700 AM  43.42N 91.51W
WAUKON                     0.38        0700 AM  43.27N 91.47W
LANSING 4SE                0.15        0700 AM
ION                        0.02        0700 AM  43.11N 91.27W
HARPERS FERRY              0.01        0700 AM  43.17N 91.24W

...CHICKASAW COUNTY...
NEW HAMPTON                0.04        0700 AM  43.06N 92.31W
IONIA                      0.01        0700 AM  43.03N 92.50W

...CLAYTON COUNTY...
STRAWBERRY POINT           0.06        0700 AM
VOLGA                      0.05        0700 AM  42.81N 91.52W
ELKADER 6SSW               0.02        0700 AM
MCGREGOR                   0.02        0700 AM  43.02N 91.17W
LITTLEPORT                 0.01        0700 AM  42.75N 91.37W

...FLOYD COUNTY...
COLWELL                    0.17        0700 AM  43.16N 92.59W
CHARLES CITY CEDAR RVR     0.04        0700 AM  43.06N 92.67W
CHARLES CITY COOP          0.03        0700 AM  43.08N 92.67W

...HOWARD COUNTY...
CRESCO                     2.40        0700 AM
ELMA                       1.01        0700 AM

...MITCHELL COUNTY...
ST ANSGAR                  1.42        0700 AM  43.37N 92.83W
OSAGE                      0.38        0700 AM

...WINNESHIEK COUNTY...
BLUFFTON                   1.62        0700 AM  43.41N 91.90W
DECORAH                    1.51        0700 AM  43.30N 91.80W
DECORAH 7ENE               1.37        0700 AM
DECORAH AWOS               0.57        0700 AM  43.28N 91.74W
CALMAR                     0.21        0700 AM

MINNESOTA

...DODGE COUNTY...
CLAREMONT 3S               6.10        0700 AM
DODGE CENTER               5.58        0700 AM
WEST CONCORD               5.53        0700 AM  44.14N 92.90W
MANTORVILLE                4.83        0700 AM  44.07N 92.77W

...FILLMORE COUNTY...
LANESBORO                  2.91        0700 AM  43.72N 91.97W
CARIMONA                   2.62        0700 AM  43.66N 92.15W
HIGHLAND                   2.59        0700 AM  43.65N 91.84W
SPRING VALLEY              2.40        0700 AM  43.69N 92.39W
PILOT MOUND                2.20        0700 AM  43.78N 92.03W

...HOUSTON COUNTY...
BROWNSVILLE                2.83        0700 AM  43.70N 91.27W
CALEDONIA 6S               2.79        0700 AM
LA CRESCENT 1N             2.78        0700 AM
HOUSTON                    2.59        0700 AM  43.77N 91.57W
MOUND PRAIRIE              2.44        0700 AM  43.78N 91.45W
LA CRESCENT                2.20        0700 AM

...MOWER COUNTY...
ELKTON                     5.05        0700 AM
AUSTIN                     3.82        0700 AM  43.67N 92.95W
AUSTIN 3S                  3.27        0700 AM  43.62N 93.00W
GRAND MEADOW               3.15        0700 AM  43.71N 92.56W
LANSING                    3.09        0700 AM  43.75N 92.95W

...OLMSTED COUNTY...
BYRON                      4.91        0700 AM
ROCHESTER - CASCADE CREEK  4.63        0700 AM  44.03N 92.48W
ROCHESTER AP 2NE           4.54        0700 AM  43.93N 92.48W
ROCHESTER - SILVER CREEK   4.37        0700 AM  44.03N 92.42W
ROCHESTER - BEAR CREEK     4.28        0700 AM  43.92N 92.48W
ROCHESTER BELTLINE         3.79        0700 AM  43.91N 92.50W
ROCHESTER MAPLE VALLEY     3.66        0700 AM  44.02N 92.42W
DOVER                      3.32        0700 AM  44.01N 92.11W
ELGIN 2SSW                 3.24        0700 AM  44.10N 92.27W
ELBA                       2.70        0700 AM  44.05N 92.05W

...WABASHA COUNTY...
ZUMBRO FALLS               6.37        0700 AM  44.29N 92.42W
KELLOGG                    5.44        0700 AM  44.32N 92.00W
READS LANDING 1W           5.10        0700 AM
WABASHA                    4.93        0700 AM
LAKE CITY                  4.56        0700 AM  44.45N 92.26W

...WINONA COUNTY...
MINNESOTA CITY             4.75        0700 AM  44.16N 91.81W
ST CHARLES 5N              4.54        0800 AM
ALTURA                     3.62        0700 AM  44.15N 92.01W
WINONA                     3.54        0700 AM  44.09N 91.67W
NEW HARTFORD               2.50        0700 AM
LA CRESCENT DAM 7          2.20        0700 AM  43.87N 91.31W
DAKOTA                     1.52        0700 AM  43.92N 91.37W

WISCONSIN

...ADAMS COUNTY...
FRIENDSHIP                 2.15        0700 AM

...BUFFALO COUNTY...
ALMA DAM 4                 5.14        0700 AM  44.33N 91.92W
MONDOVI 6S                 4.01        0700 AM
MONDOVI MIRROR LAKE        2.95        0700 AM

...CLARK COUNTY...
NEILLSVILLE 3SW            3.80        0700 AM  44.53N 90.64W
NEILLSVILLE                3.62        0700 AM  44.56N 90.61W

...CRAWFORD COUNTY...
DESOTO 1SE                 1.26        0700 AM
SOLDIERS GROVE             0.46        0700 AM
LYNXVILLE DAM 9            0.14        0700 AM  43.21N 91.10W
GAYS MILLS                 0.17        0700 AM
STEUBEN                    0.03        0700 AM  43.18N 90.87W
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN           0.03        0700 AM
STEUBEN 4SE                0.02        0700 AM  43.13N 90.84W

...GRANT COUNTY...
CUBA CITY                  0.02        0700 AM
ROCKVILLE                  0.01        0700 AM  42.73N 90.64W

...JACKSON COUNTY...
TAYLOR                     4.65        0700 AM  44.32N 91.12W
BLACK RIVER FALLS          4.15        0700 AM  44.38N 90.84W

...JUNEAU COUNTY...
NECEDAH 1W                 2.42        0700 AM  44.02N 90.08W
NECEDAH                    2.38        0700 AM
NECEDAH 5WNW               1.92        0700 AM  44.06N 90.17W

...LA CROSSE COUNTY...
LA CROSSE 5SE              3.74        0600 AM
LA CROSSE 2S               3.56        0600 AM
LA CROSSE                  3.20        0700 AM  43.80N 91.37W
HOLMEN 2S                  3.14        0630 AM
HOLMEN 1WNW                3.11        0700 AM
HOLLAND                    3.08        0700 AM  43.97N 91.29W
LA CROSSE NWS              3.04        0700 AM
HOLMEN 2N                  3.04        0630 AM
WEST SALEM                 2.73        0700 AM
FRENCH ISLAND              2.55        0700 AM
ONALASKA 2N                2.46        0630 AM
LA CROSSE ASOS             2.42        0700 AM  43.88N 91.26W

...MONROE COUNTY...
LEON                       4.75        0700 AM
FOUR CORNERS               3.40        0700 AM
NORWALK                    3.00        0700 AM
SPARTA                     2.97        0700 AM
TUNNEL CITY 1S             2.59        0700 AM

...RICHLAND COUNTY...
RICHLAND CENTER 1W         0.11        0700 AM
RICHLAND CENTER            0.09        0700 AM

...TAYLOR COUNTY...
MEDFORD 4NW                0.96        0700 AM
JUMP RIVER                 0.53        0700 AM

...TREMPEALEAU COUNTY...
BLAIR                      5.00        0700 AM
GALESVILLE 2ESE            3.64        0700 AM
OSSEO                      3.10        0700 AM  44.58N 91.22W
TREMPEALEAU DAM 6          3.08        0700 AM  44.00N 91.44W

...VERNON COUNTY...
STODDARD 5NNE              3.42        0700 AM
WESTBY 3ENE                3.23        0700 AM
GENOA                      3.16        0700 AM  43.57N 91.23W
WESTBY 2NNE                3.08        0700 AM  43.70N 90.85W
COON VALLEY 6S             2.48        0700 AM  43.61N 91.01W
WESTBY 3SE                 2.08        0700 AM  43.62N 90.82W
VIROQUA                    1.56        0700 AM
VIROQUA 3ESE               1.54        0700 AM  43.55N 90.82W
VIROQUA 4WSW               1.38        0700 AM  43.54N 90.96W
VIROQUA 4NE                1.34        0700 AM  43.61N 90.82W
DESOTO 1SE                 1.26        0700 AM  43.41N 91.19W
LIBERTY POLE 2SW           1.14        0700 AM  43.49N 90.95W
ONTARIO                    0.94        0700 AM  43.72N 90.59W
READSTOWN                  0.73        0700 AM  43.45N 90.76W
HILLSBORO                  0.72        0700 AM  43.65N 90.33W
LA FARGE                   0.70        0700 AM  43.57N 90.64W

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