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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

555 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008



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SAUK WI-DANE WI-

555 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR DANE

AND SAUK COUNTIES...



AT 555 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 

DECREASE IN INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

SOUTHEAST SAUK COUNTY AND DANE COUNTY. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND FLOOD 

WATERS WILL TAKE TIME TO RECEDE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING BUT WITH A LIGHTER INTENSITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 4334 8991 4340 8970 4329 8972 4327 8905

      4298 8902 4300 8981 4305 8984 4319 8983

      4321 8998



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