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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

731 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-JEFFERSON WI-WALWORTH WI-RACINE WI-

KENOSHA WI-

731 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

KENOSHA...RACINE...NORTHERN WALWORTH...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHERN

MILWAUKEE AND SOUTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES...



AT 728 PM CDT...THE CONTRACT WEATHER OBSERVER AT GENERAL MITCHELL 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED WAIST DEEP WATER FLOWING INTO THE 

OBSERVER BUILDING.  KMKE ASOS HAS MEASURED 3.7 INCHES OF RAIN OVER 

THE PAST 3 HOURS.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED INTO EASTERN 

RACINE AND SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTIES.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY INTO NORTHEAST 

ILLINOIS. 



THIS IS A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED 

AREAS.  MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING EVENTS ARE IN AUTOMOBILES.  



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

FRANKLIN...MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SOUTH MILWAUKEE...OAK

CREEK...NORTH PRAIRIE...MUSKEGO...HALES CORNERS...GREENFIELD...

GREENDALE...FORT ATKINSON...CUDAHY AND BIG BEND



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4264 8778 4249 8777 4248 8788 4272 8857

      4280 8878 4284 8878 4284 8901 4298 8901

      4296 8782 4287 8782 4278 8774

TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 180DEG 0KT 4288 8809



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