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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

700 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SAUK COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM 

CDT...



AT 650 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST SAUK COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1.5 TO 1.8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 550 AM CDT OVER AND JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF IRONTON...AND WEST 

OF LIME RIDGE NEAR THE SAUK-RICHLAND COUNTY LINE. TOTAL RAINFALL 

SINCE THE STORMS BEGAN AROUND 200 AM CDT HAS BEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES 

ACROSS NORTHWEST SAUK COUNTY FROM WEST OF LA VALLE TO SOUTH OF LIME 

RIDGE.



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY 900 AM CDT THIS 

MORNING.



SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...REEDSBURG...LOGANVILLE...

LIME RIDGE...LA VALLE AND IRONTON.



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS... 

RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS 

ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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