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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

740 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITEFISH BAY...WEST ALLIS...

  WAUWATOSA... MILWAUKEE...HALES CORNERS...GREENFIELD.   

  WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...WALES...NEW BERLIN...ELM

  GROVE...BROOKFIELD



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA.



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF

  RAIN FELL DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. THIS RAIN...AND THE

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND 

  RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN FLOODED CULVERTS. THEY CAN BE QUICKLY

WASHED AWAY IN THE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATERS.



LAT...LON 4298 8846 4285 8843 4296 8789 4319 8791



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