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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

204 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 200 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WISCONSIN DELLS ON 

HIGHWAY 12. 



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 2 TO 2.5 INCHES   

OF RAINFALL FELL DURING THE PAST 1 HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN 

SAUK COUNTY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING POSSIBLE 

FLOODING RAINS TO WESTERN COLUMBIA COUTNY. THE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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.



LAT...LON 4365 8937 4331 8937 4331 8976 4320 9010

          4363 9028

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