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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

453 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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IOWA WI-LAFAYETTE WI-

453 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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

NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE AND IOWA COUNTIES...



AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. 



IOWA COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF AVOCA IN 

FAR NORTHWEST IOWA COUNTY ARE BEING EVACUATED DUE TO RISING WATERS.  



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING

FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 221DEG 46KT 4329 8984



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