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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

315 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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SAUK WI-

315 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SAUK

COUNTY...



AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING MOVING 

NORTHEAST THROUGH SAUK COUNTY. THEY ARE EXPECTD TO CONTINUE THROUGH 

THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 

315 PM AND 6 PM IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 4365 8980 4356 8971 4357 8960 4337 8961

      4335 8970 4325 8975 4320 8990 4317 9019

      4357 9019 4357 9031 4365 9032

TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 213DEG 30KT 4334 8981



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