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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

833 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2001



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

CDT...



AT 829 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED

TO INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST SAUK COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAINFALL RATES HAD SLOWED TO

LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR FROM 729 TO 829 AM CDT. FROM 5 AM TO 8

AM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 2.5 INCHES WERE NOTED NEAR

AND JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF IRONTON. UP TO 1.5 INCHES FELL IN THE SAME

PERIOD IN AND AROUND PLAIN.



SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN AROUND 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING...UP TO 5

INCHES HAS FALLEN AROUND LA VALLE...IRONTON AND LIME RIDGE...WITH 2

TO 2.5 INCHES ACROSS PLAIN...LOGANVILLE...ROCK SPRINGS...AND

BARABOO.





AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY 1000 AM CDT THIS

MORNING.



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

LIME RIDGE...LA VALLE...IRONTON AND PLAIN.



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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