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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

240 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



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WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-JEFFERSON WI-

240 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR

JEFFERSON...MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES...



AT 229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILWAUKEE 

WAUWATOSA...WATERTOWN...PEWAUKEE...MENOMONEE FALLS...LAKE MILLS... 

JOHNSON CREEK...BROOKFIELD AND BAYSIDE.



RADAR ESTIMATES AND STORM SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A BAND OF 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF URBAN FLOODING AND ROAD 

CLOSURES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.  



IN ADDITION RIVERS HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY WITH A FEW IN 

FLOOD...ESPECIALLY THE MENOMONEE RIVER IN WAUWATOSA...AND THE

OAK CREEK RIVER AT SOUTH MILWAUKEE. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE OVER...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS 

MORNING. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 

FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 4284 8782 4284 8901 4320 8901 4319 8787

      4313 8789 4307 8785 4302 8788 4296 8783



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