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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

822 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 819 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODING 

PROBLEMS IN THE AREA ALONG WITH WASHED OUT ROADS.  



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN 

SAUK COUNTY...WITH STORM TOTALS EXCEEDING 5 INCHES. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE DURING THE 

EVENING.  



EVEN AFTER RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER THIS EVENING...SERIOUS RUNOFF OF 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINS SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT.  



THIS IS A SERIOUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD EVENT.  DO NOT 

DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISCONSIN

  DELLS...PORTAGE AND LAKE DELTON



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4364 8919 4339 8933 4329 8961 4329 8971

      4319 8985 4318 8995 4320 9000 4318 9004

      4317 9019 4355 9021 4356 9032 4364 9034

TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 180DEG 0KT 4354 8986



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