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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

642 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 635 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER THE

  AREA.



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES     

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 3 AM  CDT IN SOME AREAS. THIS RAIN...AND  

  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES BY 9 AM WILL CAUSE LOCAL  

  STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LA VALLE...IRONTON...LIME 

RIDGE...REEDSBURG...ROCK SPRINGS...LOGANVILLE AND BARABOO.



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 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.



ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. 

KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN FLOODED AREAS. THEY CAN BE QUICKLY 

WASHED AWAY IN THE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER.



LAT...LON 4364 8992 4330 8981 4323 9022 4371 9060



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