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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

531 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008



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SAUK WI-

531 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR SAUK

COUNTY...



AT 530 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER 

ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT THIS MORNING.



AT 535 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

BACK EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM LINE EXTENDED FROM A LA VALLE... 

THROUGH REEDSBURG TO SAUK CITY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. 



WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY...AND SHOULD BE 

EXITING TO THE EAST OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 6 AM AND 615 AM...RUNOFF 

FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL IMPACT AREA ROADS AND STREAMS. 



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 4363 9018 4362 8976 4357 8971 4356 8962

      4336 8963 4335 8970 4327 8972 4330 8981

      4320 8992 4321 9018 4337 9020



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