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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

447 AM CDT THU AUG 2 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DANE COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM 

CDT...AND FOR NORTHEAST IOWA COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM CDT...



AT 447 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



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

DURRING THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCH 

PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO 

RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WINDSOR...WAUNAKEE...

VERONA...SUN PRAIRIE...STOUGHTON...SAUK CITY...OREGON...MOUNT

HOREB...MONONA...MIDDLETON...MCFARLAND...MARSHALL...MADISON...

FITCHBURG...DE FOREST...DANE...BLUE MOUNDS...BARNEVELD AND ARENA.



AT 447 AM CDT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN MAZOMANIE SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN LAST NIGHT.



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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