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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1155 AM CDT MON JUL 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN 

COUNTIES UNTIL 1:30 AM CDT...



THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...AND NO 

ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED.  



HIGHWAY 41 REMAINS CLOSED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 151 AND HIGHWAY 175 IN 

FOND DU LAC...WHERE 4 TO 5 FEET OF WATER COVERED THE HIGHWAY. MINOR 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER THE REMAINDER OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY... 

AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. WATER LEVELS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH 1:30 

AM DUE TO THE CONTINUED RUNOFF. 



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL MONDAY EVENING...FROM RIPON...TO JUST SOUTH OF FOND DU LAC...TO 

RANDOM LAKE. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE 

RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. 



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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