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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1150 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



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



AT 1150 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 

DURING 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...LONE ROCK... 

REEDSBURG...AND LOGANVILLE.



THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 2 1/2 HOURS AT 

BEAR VALLEY IN SOUTHERN SAUK COUNTY. 



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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