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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREEN...IOWA AND LAFAYETTE

COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...



AT 1000 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS 

OF THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT .75 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 

INCHES EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS 

AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BARNEVELD...BROWNTOWN...

COBB...DARLINGTON...DODGEVILLE...GRATIOT...HOLLANDALE...LINDEN...

MINERAL POINT...MONROE AND RIDGEWAY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS COVERING OLD 

HIGHWAY 11 JUST WEST OF SOUTH WAYNE IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. IN 

ADDITION...MANY ROADSIDE DITCHES ELSEWERE IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY WERE 

FULL OF WATER. ALSO...FIELDS AND LOW AREAS AROUND BROWNTOWN IN 

SOUTHWESTERN GREEN COUNTY WERE COVERED WITH WATER.



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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