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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

620 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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MARQUETTE WI-COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-

620 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 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH 

OF MARQUETTE AND NORTHERN SAUK COUNTIES BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUES IN COLUMBIA AND SOUTHERN SAUK COUNTIES. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISCONSIN

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



2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS LIKELY ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA WITH RAINFALL RATES DECREASING OVER MARQUETTE AND NORTHERN SAUK 

COUNTIES...WHERE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND ONE HALF 

INCH THROUGH 8 PM. SOUTHERN SAUK AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE 

TO SEE THE HEAVY RAIN WITH UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY 8 PM. FLASH 

FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA AND WILL CONTINUE 

TO FLOOD THROUGH THE EVENING. 



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 2313Z 180DEG 0KT 4354 8977



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