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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

524 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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COLUMBIA WI-

524 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR

COLUMBIA COUNTY...



AT 520 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS COLUMBIA COUNTY ARE 

LIKELY CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU ARE THREATENED BY 

RISING WATERS...HEAD FOR HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A VERY 

DANGEROUS SITUATION. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST COLUMBIA COUNTY ARE 

LIKELY IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE IN MANY AREAS.  SPECIFIC LOCATIONS 

INCLUDE PARDEEVILLE...PORTAGE AND HARMONY GROVE. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNT OF AROUND 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE. 



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 4365 8977 4365 8916 4364 8915 4362 8900

      4330 8901 4331 8972 4339 8960 4357 8959

      4357 8973 4363 8978

TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 233DEG 43KT 4400 8848



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