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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1108 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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

SAUK WI-DODGE WI-WASHINGTON WI-OZAUKEE WI-WAUKESHA WI-GREEN WI-

ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-IOWA WI-WALWORTH WI-LAFAYETTE WI-DANE WI-

1108 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR

DANE...LAFAYETTE...WALWORTH...IOWA...JEFFERSON...ROCK...GREEN...

WAUKESHA...OZAUKEE...WASHINGTON...DODGE...SAUK...COLUMBIA...

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



AT 1106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS ARE 

GENERATING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ONE HOUR RATES AROUND 1 INCH. 

ANOTHER SURGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS APPROACHING SOUTHERN 

WISCONSIN FROM EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. 



MANY ROADS ACROSS THE AREA ARE FLOODED...SOME ARE WASHED OUT.  

RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE QUICKLY AGAIN AND MANY FRAGILE DAMS 

WILL BE STRESSED EVEN FURTHER.  IF RISING WATER THREATENS YOUR 

LOCATION...HEAD TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 

DANGEROUS SITUATION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR

SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.



LAT...LON 4320 9042 4322 9032 4321 9026 4317 9019

      4356 9019 4357 9032 4364 9031 4365 8960

      4398 8959 4398 8889 4389 8887 4394 8839

      4389 8771 4368 8769 4321 8788 4319 8806

      4285 8805 4284 8830 4249 8831 4251 9042

TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 180DEG 0KT 4324 8946



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