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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

432 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SAUK AND WESTERN COLUMBIA 

COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 430 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR SHOWED A 

WEAKENING TREND TO THE RAINFALL...HOWEVER MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH 

FLOODING IS STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY IN

LOW LYING AREAS. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN

DURRING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN SAUK COUNTY AND

SOUTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL

EXPECTED...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WISCONSIN DELLS...ROCK

SPRINGS...REEDSBURG...PLAIN...NORTH FREEDOM...MERRIMAC...

LOGANVILLE...LIME RIDGE...LAKE WISCONSIN...LA VALLE...IRONTON...

BARABOO AND SAUK CITY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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