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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

159 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM FOR SAUK AND IOWA

COUNTIES...



AT 2 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA...BUT IS BEGINNING TO

DIMINISH.



RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS WAS 3 TO 3.5

INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SAUK COUNTY AND FAR NORTHERN

PORTIONS OF IOWA COUNTY.  STORM TOTALS ARE LIKELY IN THE 4 TO 4.5

INCH RANGE. SOME TOWNS HARDEST HIT BY THE RAINFALL INCLUDE...PLAIN...

SPRING GREEN...CLYDE AND AVOCA.



AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT ENDS AROUND

4 AM THIS MORNING. DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY

NIGHT.



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.



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