

000 

WGUS73 KMKX 230117

FFSMKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

812 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



WIC101-127-230515-

/X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070823T0515Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WALWORTH-RACINE-

812 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

RACINE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...



AT 811 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

ROADS COVERED WITH WATER ACROSS RACINE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES.  



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL 

RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR CROSSING FROM LAKE GENEVA INTO THE 

BURLINGTON AREA.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.  

FLOODWATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE AND MAY GET WORSE IN SOME AREAS.  



IN WALWORTH COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER IN THE 

RICHMOND AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE JOHNSON CREEK AND 

TURTLE CREEK AREAS BETWEEN RICHMOND AND INTERSTATE 43 ARE LIKELY 

FLOODING AT THIS TIME. 



IN RACINE COUNTY...THE FOLLOWING ROADS WERE FLOODED:  INTERSECTION 

OF HIGHWAY X AND SOUTHWOOD DRIVE.  INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 11 AND 

32.  INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY H AND KR.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RACINE...WIND

LAKE...WHITEWATER...WATERFORD NORTH...UNION GROVE...STURTEVANT...

ROCHESTER...POTTER LAKE...ELKHORN...EAST TROY...EAGLE LAKE AND BROWNS

LAKE



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4267 8780 4267 8817 4261 8819 4261 8831

      4251 8831 4251 8874 4254 8875 4283 8875

      4283 8781 4281 8780 4271 8777



$$



CRAVEN

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000 

WGUS73 KMKX 230117

FFSMKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

812 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



WIC101-127-230515-

/X.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070823T0515Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WALWORTH-RACINE-

812 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

RACINE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...



AT 811 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

ROADS COVERED WITH WATER ACROSS RACINE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES.  



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL 

RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR CROSSING FROM LAKE GENEVA INTO THE 

BURLINGTON AREA.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.  

FLOODWATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE AND MAY GET WORSE IN SOME AREAS.  



IN WALWORTH COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER IN THE 

RICHMOND AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE JOHNSON CREEK AND 

TURTLE CREEK AREAS BETWEEN RICHMOND AND INTERSTATE 43 ARE LIKELY 

FLOODING AT THIS TIME. 



IN RACINE COUNTY...THE FOLLOWING ROADS WERE FLOODED:  INTERSECTION 

OF HIGHWAY X AND SOUTHWOOD DRIVE.  INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 11 AND 

32.  INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY H AND KR.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RACINE...WIND

LAKE...WHITEWATER...WATERFORD NORTH...UNION GROVE...STURTEVANT...

ROCHESTER...POTTER LAKE...ELKHORN...EAST TROY...EAGLE LAKE AND BROWNS

LAKE



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4267 8780 4267 8817 4261 8819 4261 8831

      4251 8831 4251 8874 4254 8875 4283 8875

      4283 8781 4281 8780 4271 8777



$$



CRAVEN

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