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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1259 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED   

  TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER IOWA AND SAUK COUNTIES. 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA.



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES

  OF RAINFALL FELL DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER SOUTHERN SAUK AND 

  NORTHERN IOWA COUNTIES. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL EXPECTED...WILL 

  CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

  MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAYS 60...14 AND 23 IN SOUTHERN SAUK AND NORTHERN IOWA 

  COUNTIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



GEHRING

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