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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

407 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008



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ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI-

407 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR

JEFFERSON AND ROCK COUNTIES...



AT 404 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED 

ROADS IN JANESVILLE...AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF PARKER DRIVE AND 

MEMORIAL...BLACKRIDGE AND PARKER DRIVE...AND BELOIT AVENUE AND 

DELAVAN.  A VEHICLE WAS REPORTED STUCK IN THE FLOOD WATERS AT 

BLACKRIDGE AND PARKER. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF INCH IS LIKELY THE REST 

OF THE NIGHT. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 

AM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATERTOWN

AIRPORT...WATERTOWN...WATERLOO...PALMYRA...LAKE RIPLEY...LAKE

MILLS...JOHNSON CREEK...JEFFERSON AND FORT ATKINSON



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.



LAT...LON 4285 8933 4285 8901 4320 8901 4320 8854

      4285 8854 4283 8877 4250 8877 4250 8936

      4283 8937



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