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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

505 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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MARQUETTE WI-GREEN LAKE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-

505 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR FOND

DU LAC...GREEN LAKE AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...



AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS THUS FAR ACROSS THE AREA ARE APPROACHING 3 INCHES IN SOME 

AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS GREEN LAKE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST MARQUETTE 

COUNTY AND WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY. 



MORE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AREA DURING THE EVENING. RAINFALL 

RATES AT TIMES WILL BE NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR. IF YOUR LOCATION IS 

THREATENED BY RISING WATER...HEAD FOR HIGH GROUND. THIS IS A 

DANGEROUS SITUATION. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

ROSENDALE...OAKFIELD...NORTH FOND DU LAC...CAMPBELLSPORT AND FOND DU

LAC



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 4398 8889 4389 8888 4392 8817 4356 8816

      4355 8839 4363 8840 4363 8843 4365 8959

      4398 8960

TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 235DEG 39KT 4380 8880



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