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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1235 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...



AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT .50 TO 1.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN BETWEEN 935 AM AND 1235 PM....ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN 

LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHWEST IOWA COUNTY. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL 

.25 TO .50 INCHES EXPECTED...WITH RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS...WILL 

CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR 

BANKS.



SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ARENA...AVOCA...

BARNEVELD...BROWNTOWN...COBB...DARLINGTON...DODGEVILLE...GRATIOT...

HOLLANDALE...LINDEN...MINERAL POINT...MONROE...REWEY...RIDGEWAY AND

SOUTH WAYNE.



THE RAIN HAD STOPPED OVER THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF IOWA AND 

LAFAYETTE COUNTIES AS OF 1240 PM. THE RAIN WILL STOP OVER THE 

EASTERN PART OF GREEN COUNTY BY 130 PM. HOWEVER...THERE WILL 

CONTINUE TO BE RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLOODING THROUGH 200 PM OVER 

IOWA...LAFAYETTE...AND GREEN COUNTIES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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