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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

847 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



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WAUKESHA WI-MILWAUKEE WI-

847 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

MILWAUKEE AND SOUTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTIES...



AT 840 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING IN PARTS OF WAUKESHA WHERE STREETS HAD 2-3 FEET OF WATER 

OVER THEM AND WERE IMPASSIBLE.



RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AND END IN THE NEXT HOUR BUT RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME.  RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE DATA INDICATE THAT 1 

TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN HOURS TIME BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM.



SOME OF THE CREEKS AND RIVERS MOST LIKELY TO BE IN FLOOD INCLUDE 

RYAN CREEK...OAK CREEK...ROOT RIVER...FOX RIVER...AND POPLAR CREEK. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 4284 8854 4298 8854 4309 8785 4302 8788

      4296 8783 4287 8783 4284 8781



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