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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

550 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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MARQUETTE WI-COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-

550 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

SAUK...WESTERN COLUMBIA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...



AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISCONSIN

DELLS...WESTFIELD...PORTAGE...MONTELLO AND LAKE DELTON



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA BY 

7 PM. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL 

FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS 

MOST LIKELY OCCURRING. 



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 4366 8961 4398 8961 4399 8917 4399 8916

      4381 8917 4376 8918 4377 8923 4347 8926

      4329 8957 4329 8971 4320 8985 4320 9000

      4316 9005 4317 9019 4355 9021 4356 9032

      4364 9034

TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 180DEG 0KT 4354 8977



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