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WIC111-090330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1005 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING WESTERN 

SAUK COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH A LA 

VALLE TO PLAIN LINE AROUND 1020 PM CDT...AND A REEDSBURG TO ARENA 

LINE BY 1030 PM CDT.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN 

BE EXPECTED WITH THESES STORMS. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL 

STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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