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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

958 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1:30 AM CDT...



AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL...THAT WAS OVER FOND DU LAC AND 

SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...MOVED SOUTH INTO DODGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. 

HOWEVER...SCATTERD THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE OVER FOND DU LAC AND 

SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 11:30 PM...AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING.



AT 929 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 41         

BETWEEN HIGHWAY 151 AND HIGHWAY 175 IN FOND DU LAC. FOND DU LAC      

SHERIFF DEPUTIES REPORT HIGHWAY 41 IS CLOSED DUE TO 4 TO 5 FEET     

OF WATER COVERING THE HIGHWAY. 



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES       

OF RAINFALL FELL DURING THE PAST 4 HOURS...FROM RIPON...TO JUST 

SOUTH OF FOND DU LAC...TO RANDOM LAKE. THIS RAIN...AND THE        

ADDITIONAL EXPECTED THROUGH 11:30 PM...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND 

RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. 



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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