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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

645 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008



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SAUK WI-

645 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY...



AT 641 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SAND BAGGING 

OPERATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY IN REEDSBURG WITH STREET FLOODING 

OCCURRING. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED BY AN AREAL 

FLOOD WARNING SHORTLY SINCE MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND 

FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISCONSIN 

DELLS AND LAKE DELTON.



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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4364 9032 4364 8978 4362 8978 4360 8975

      4340 8960 4339 8961 4342 9019 4344 9021

      4355 9021 4355 9027



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