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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

858 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



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WALWORTH WI-RACINE WI-KENOSHA WI-

858 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR

KENOSHA...RACINE AND SOUTHEASTERN WALWORTH COUNTIES...



AT 850 PM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF KENOSHA 

COUNTY...SOUTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY...AND PARTS OF RACINE COUNTY.



RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF AND END IN THE NEXT HOUR...BUT HIGH WATER WILL 

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

HEAVIEST RAINS FELL OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENOSHA COUNTY AND 

SOUTHEAST RACINE COUNTY.  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS AREA.



FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY ALONG THE FOLLOWING CREEKS AND RIVERS:  FOX 

RIVER...DES PLAINES RIVER...MILL CREEK...MCDONALD CREEK...PIKE 

RIVER...LITTLE TURTLE CREEK...LADD CREEK...PISCASAW CREEK...WHITE 

RIVER...AND SMALL CREEKS AROUND LAKE GENEVA.



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 4264 8780 4249 8779 4249 8877 4259 8876

      4284 8832 4284 8781 4283 8781 4281 8780

      4278 8775



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