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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1007 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



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DODGE-WASHINGTON-GREEN-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-DANE-

1007 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

DANE...LAFAYETTE...JEFFERSON...GREEN...WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN

DODGE COUNTIES...



AT 1002 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING CONTINUES FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

WARNED AREA.  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF IN MOST AREAS...HIGH 

WATERS AND RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT.  HOWEVER...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1030 PM AND WILL 

NOT BE REISSUED UNTIL ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP.



WASHINGTON COUNTY:  CEDAR CREEK NEAR JACKSON IS RUNNING HIGH AND IS 

WITHIN 4-6 INCHES OF FLOODING SOME ROADS.



DODGE COUNTY:  EARLIER STREET FLOODING IN BEAVER DAM AND HORICON HAS 

RECEDED.  CRAWFISH RIVER NEAR COLUMBUS CONTINUES TO RISE.



JEFFERSON COUNTY:  EARLIER STREET FLOODING IN WATERTOWN HAS 

RECEDED.  



DANE COUNTY:  NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN SUN PRAIRIE AREA.  SAND 

BAGGING CONTINUES IN OREGON AREA.  



GREEN COUNTY:  NUMEROUS BASEMENTS FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY.  ENTIRE 

BLOCK OF HOUSES WITH BASEMENT FLOODING IN ALBANY...WHERE LOCAL 

OFFICIALS WERE PUMPING THE WATER OUT OF THE BASEMENTS.  MUDSLIDE 

REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF JORDAN CENTER ON HIGHWAY M.  MANY ROADS 

FLOODED ALONG SUGAR RIVER NEAR ALBANY.  SUV STRANDED IN WATER ABOUT 

2 FEET DEEP. 



LAFAYETTE COUNTY:  COUNTY ROAD O SOUTH OF SHULLSBURG COVERED WITH 

WATER IN SPOTS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MADISON...

WEST BEND...WATERTOWN...WATERLOO...THERESA...SUN PRAIRIE...SLINGER...

SHOREWOOD HILLS...NEWBURG...MONONA...MIDDLETON...MAYVILLE...

MARSHALL...MAPLE BLUFF...LOMIRA...LAKE MILLS...KEWASKUM...JUNEAU...

JOHNSON CREEK...JACKSON...IRON RIDGE...HUSTISFORD...HORICON...

HARTFORD...DEERFIELD AND COTTAGE GROVE



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 4280 9043 4281 8985 4303 8981 4328 8901

      4363 8840 4354 8838 4354 8805 4321 8807

      4320 8854 4286 8854 4286 8935 4252 8938

      4252 9042



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