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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

723 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

     SAUK...LAFAYETTE...COLUMBIA...DANE...IOWA AND GREEN



AT 719 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN ENTERING SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN BETWEEN 615 PM AND 715 PM IN SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN EXTREME 

SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. 



A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN 730 PM AND 

930 PM. THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO RISE AND OVERFLOW 

THEIR BANKS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...WATER WILL

COVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING. KEEP CHILDREN FROM

PLAYING NEAR CULVERTS AND OTHER PLACES WITH RAPIDLY MOVING WATER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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