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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1109 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 1107 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING CONTINUING OVER THE PORTAGE AND COLUMBUS AREAS IN COLUMBIA 

COUNTIES...AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF DODGE COUNTY.  



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

  RAWS...ATWATER...ASTICO...FRIESLAND AND FOX LAKE.



HOMES WERE EVACUATED IN PORTAGE DUE TO FLOODED BASEMENTS.  A 

BASEMENT WALL ALSO COLLAPSED IN PORTAGE.  EXTENSIVE FLOODING WAS 

ALSO REPORTED IN COLUMBUS.



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 4365 8924 4363 8906 4364 8888 4359 8874

      4356 8839 4337 8840 4337 8842 4320 8842

      4323 8901 4328 8901 4329 8962

TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 180DEG 0KT 4354 8879



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