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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

234 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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IOWA WI-LAFAYETTE WI-

234 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE AND IOWA COUNTIES...



AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGEVILLE 

TO 34 MILES WEST OF BELMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 49 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

BLACKHAWK LAKE RECREATION AREA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE OF STORMS. THE GROUND IS SATURATED BY EARLIER 

RAINS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH TODAY...AND LAST WEEKEND/S 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.



LAT...LON 4319 9041 4312 8984 4286 9000 4266 9041

TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 222DEG 43KT 4318 8990 4267 9093



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