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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

955 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...REEDSBURG...BARABOO



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING INTO       

  WESTERN SAUK COUNTY.



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF ONE 

  TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCAL    

  STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



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. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS TONIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 4364 8979 4356 8974 4356 8962 4341 8961

          4326 8979 4325 9031 4364 9031



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