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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1048 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



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WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-RACINE WI-

1048 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN RACINE...MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...



AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA 

COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  IN ADDITION...MORE THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 



ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT RAINFALL OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES IS LIKELY WHICH WILL ONLY SERVE TO WORSEN THE FLOODING 

POTENTIAL.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN 

MILWAUKEE...WEST MILWAUKEE...WEST ALLIS...WAUWATOSA...DOWNTOWN 

WAUKESHA...WALES...SUSSEX...ST. FRANCIS...RIVER 

HILLS...PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...NORTH PRAIRIE...NEW 

BERLIN...MERTON...MENOMONEE FALLS...HARTLAND...AND GLENDALE



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 4267 8779 4279 8831 4284 8831 4285 8853

      4320 8853 4320 8787 4306 8783 4303 8787

      4298 8781 4287 8782 4280 8777 4269 8775

TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 180DEG 0KT 4292 8830



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