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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

152 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

  NORTHEASTERN WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...

  SOUTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WIND

  LAKE...DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA...WALES...POTTER LAKE...NORTH PRAIRIE...

  NEW BERLIN...MUSKEGO...MUKWONAGO...ELM GROVE...DOUSMAN AND BIG BEND



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA DUE TO SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DUMPING HEAVY RAINS 

THROUGH 345 PM. THE GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO LAST WEEKEND/S HEAVY 

RAINS.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4276 8866 4282 8865 4284 8851 4286 8852

      4305 8852 4306 8808 4268 8808 4268 8819

      4263 8820 4262 8855

TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 180DEG 0KT 4281 8837



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