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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

128 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008



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COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-

128 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN SAUK AND WEST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTIES...



AT 120 PM CDT...SAUK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THAT 

WATER WAS STILL FLOWING FROM LAKE DELTON INTO THE WISCONSIN RIVER. 

THE WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW OVER COUNTY HIGHWAY A...AND THE AREA IS 

STILL IMPASSABLE.



AT APPROXIMATELY 746 AM THIS MORNING...THE WATER HAD BEGUN TO FORM 

ITS OWN DIVERSION TO THE WISCONSIN RIVER. SINCE THAT TIME...THE 

NEWLY FORMED CHANNEL HAS WIDENED TO ABOUT 300 FEET. TREES AND POWER 

LINES HAVE BEEN SWEPT DOWNSTREAM...AND THREE HOMES HAVE ALSO BEEN 

LOST INTO THE WATER.



SINCE THE CHANNEL WAS FORMED EARLIER THIS MORNING...THE WATER LEVEL 

IN LAKE DELTON HAS DROPPED 6 FEET. THIS INDICATES THAT A LARGE 

VOLUME OF WATER IS FLOWING INTO THE WISCONSIN RIVER...AND MAY CAUSE 

SOME RISING WATER LEVELS DOWNSTREAM.



PERSONS DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER...AND IN THE LAKE 

DELTON AREA...SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF LARGE FLOATING DEBRIS 

MOVING IN THE RIVER...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RISING WATER LEVELS.



LAT...LON 4357 8976 4361 8978 4361 8976 4353 8942

      4348 8947

TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 180DEG 0KT 4361 8977



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