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WIC111-090500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1104 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SAUK COUNTY UNTIL 1 AM CDT...



AT 1104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

DURRING THE PAST HOUR. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL 

EXPECTED...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND 

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



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

LONE ROCK...AND LOGANVILLE



THE PUBLIC REPORTED 1 INCH OF RAIN FELL IN 20 MINUTES AT LONE ROCK  

AT 1100 PM CDT



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.



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