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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

940 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002



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

MILWAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 940 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 6.0 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN FROM NORTH OF ABELLS CORNERS NORTHEAST TO THE TROY CENTER 

AREA TO THE CITY OF WAUKESHA TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF 

MILWAUKEE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 930 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 HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...WHITEWATER...EAST TROY...EAGLE...MUKWONAGO...NORTH 

PRAIRIE...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELM GROVE AND THE NORTHERN 

TWO-THIRDS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY. 



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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