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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

620 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WEST CENTRAL DANE COUNTY 

UNTIL 815 PM CDT...



AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

5 PM CDT IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY THE TOWNS OF MIDDLETON...CROSS PLAINS 

AND MOUNT HOREB. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ABOUT 2 MILES TO THE SOUTH 

SOUTHEAST OF CROSS PLAINS. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL HALF INCH 

EXPECTED...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND 

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



THE STORM IS HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND DURING THE LAST 15 MINUTES. 



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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