Sparta, WI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 461 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

FLOYD                 MITCHELL

IN NORTHEAST IOWA

ALLAMAKEE             CHICKASAW             HOWARD
WINNESHIEK

IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

DODGE                 FILLMORE              HOUSTON
MOWER                 OLMSTED               WABASHA
WINONA

IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

CRAWFORD              RICHLAND              VERNON

IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

BUFFALO               JACKSON               LA CROSSE
MONROE                TREMPEALEAU

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALMA, ARCADIA, AUSTIN,
BLACK RIVER FALLS, CALEDONIA, CHARLES CITY, CRESCO, DECORAH,
DODGE CENTER, LA CROSSE, NEW HAMPTON, OSAGE, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN,
PRESTON, RICHLAND CENTER, ROCHESTER, SPARTA, TOMAH, VIROQUA,
WABASHA, WAUKON, WHITEHALL, AND WINONA.

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Iowa, including the following counties,
Allamakee, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek, southeast Minnesota,
including the following counties, Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower,
Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona, and Wisconsin, including the
following counties, Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Jackson,
Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland, Taylor, Trempealeau and
Vernon.

* WHEN...Through 7 am Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Showers and storms will be capable of producing over an inch
of rain
per hour and could repeatedly move over the same areas.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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