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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1134 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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SAUK WI-

1134 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SAUK

COUNTY...



AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MOST OF SAUK COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE HALF...AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SAUK COUNTY THIS MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 1 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE UP 

TO 1/2 INCH BETWEEN 1130 AM AND 1 PM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISCONSIN

DELLS AIRPORT...WEST BARABOO...REEDSBURG...LAKE DELTON AND BARABOO



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.



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 4364 9018 4363 8978 4357 8971 4356 8961

      4337 8962 4335 8970 4329 8972 4320 8990

      4319 9016

TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 180DEG 0KT 4335 9000



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