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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

747 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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OZAUKEE WI-WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-JEFFERSON WI-

747 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

JEFFERSON...MILWAUKEE...WAUKESHA AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES...



AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER 

THE WARNED AREA AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST.

FRANCIS...NEW BERLIN...WHITEFISH BAY...MILWAUKEE HOAN BRIDGE...

MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO...UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS...MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN

AIRPORT...DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE...PORT WASHINGTON...WEST MILWAUKEE...

WEST ALLIS...WAUWATOSA...DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA...WATERTOWN...WATERLOO...

WALES...THIENSVILLE...MEQUON...SUSSEX...SAUKVILLE...RIVER HILLS...

PEWAUKEE...OKAUCHEE LAKE...MERTON...MENOMONEE FALLS...LANNON...LAKE

RIPLEY...LAKE MILLS...JOHNSON CREEK...JEFFERSON...HARTLAND...

GRAFTON...FREDONIA...FOX POINT...ELM GROVE...DOUSMAN...DELAFIELD...

CEDARBURG...BUTLER...BROWN DEER...BROOKFIELD...BELGIUM...BAYSIDE AND

GLENDALE



RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THIS 

RAINFALL IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN SINCE SATURDAY WILL LIKELY 

RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. 



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 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 4345 8779 4335 8788 4328 8789 4309 8786

      4303 8788 4298 8783 4284 8783 4285 8901

      4320 8900 4320 8807 4354 8803 4355 8778

TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 180DEG 0KT 4297 8842



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