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000 

WGUS73 KMKX 080146

FFSMKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

843 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



WIC021-111-080730-

/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080608T0730Z/

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

COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-

843 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR SAUK

AND WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...



AT 842 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

NUMEROUS ROADS WERE WASHED OUT ACROSS SAUK COUNTY.  1.40 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 40 MINUTES AT THE BARABOO DELLS AIRPORT.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES 

HAS OCCURRED IN NORTHERN SAUKE INTO NORTHWEST COLUMBIA COUNTY.



RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE EVENING...WITH 

RUNOFF CONTINUING WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT.  



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.



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 0143Z 180DEG 0KT 4354 8986



$$



CRAVEN

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000 

WGUS73 KMKX 080146

FFSMKX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

843 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



WIC021-111-080730-

/O.CON.KMKX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080608T0730Z/

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

COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-

843 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR SAUK

AND WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...



AT 842 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

NUMEROUS ROADS WERE WASHED OUT ACROSS SAUK COUNTY.  1.40 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 40 MINUTES AT THE BARABOO DELLS AIRPORT.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES 

HAS OCCURRED IN NORTHERN SAUKE INTO NORTHWEST COLUMBIA COUNTY.



RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE EVENING...WITH 

RUNOFF CONTINUING WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT.  



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.



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 0143Z 180DEG 0KT 4354 8986



$$



CRAVEN

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