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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

905 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WALWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 1145 

PM CDT...



AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2.0 TO 5.0 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN FROM NORTH OF ABELLS CORNERS NORTHEAST TO THE TROY CENTER 

BETWEEN 500 PM AND 900 PM. IN ADDITION...2.0 TO 4.0 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN IN THE WHITEWATER AREA. 



THIS RAIN AND THE ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES THAT IS EXPECTED UNTIL 

1145 PM...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND 

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WHITEWATER...

ELKHORN...DELEVAN...EAST TROY AND LAKE GENEVA. OVERALL THE NORTHERN 

HALF OF THE COUNTY WILL BE THE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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