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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1042 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-

1042 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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

AND WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...



AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAUK AND 

WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES.  



ALL THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH 230 AM WHICH 

WILL ONLY SERVE TO WORSEN THE FLOODING THREAT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISCONSIN 

DELLS...PORTAGE AND LAKE DELTON



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.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 0342Z 180DEG 0KT 4354 8986



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