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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

845 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE

COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2.5 TO 5.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN

FROM NORTH PRAIRIE TO WAUKESHA TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF 

MILWAUKEE BETWEEN 500 AND 8300 PM. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 3 INCHES THAT IS EXPECTED UNTIL 1100 PM...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS 

AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS OF 5 TO 5.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ON THE SOUTHEAST 

SIDE OF WAUKESHA...BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATIONS.

 



SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BROOKFIELD...ELM GROVE

...FOX POINT...MENOMONEE FALLS...MILWAUKEE...NEW BERLIN...

SHOREWOOD...SUSSEX...WALES...WAUKESHA...WAUWATOSA...WEST ALLIS...

WEST MILWAUKEE AND WHITEFISH BAY.



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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