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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1049 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002



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

MILWAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATED THAT 3.0 TO 7.0 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN FROM NORTH OF ABELLS CORNERS NORTHEAST TO THE 

TROY CENTER AREA TO NEW BERLIN TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF 

MILWAUKEE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 1045 PM. IN ADDITION...2.5 TO 4.5 

INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE MILTON TO WHITEWATER AREA. 



THIS RAIN AND THE ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH THAT IS EXPECTED UNTIL 

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

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. THOSE LOCATIONS IN WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE 

COUNTIES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINS WILL HAVE THE MOST 

DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO HYDRO-PLANING ON FLOODED ROADS.



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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