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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1134 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002



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

MILWAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 1134PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.  IN 

ADDITION...RECENT REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED 

THAT THE WORST OF THE FLASH FLOODING IS JUST ABOUT OVER. 



HOWEVER...WATER LEVELS IN SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY RISE TO AROUND 

BANKFULL DUE TO CONTINUED RUNOFF THROUGH ABOUT 1 OR 2 AM. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY ROADS THAT HAVE FLOODED. 



DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATED THAT 3.25TO 7.25 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...AND DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 1130 PM. IN 

ADDITION...2.5 TO 4.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE MILTON TO WHITEWATER 

AREA. 



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.



ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER TONIGHT... 

BETWEEN 2 AND 6 AM. THEREFORE...LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 

STATEMENTS SHOULD OTHER ADVISORIES...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS BE ISSUED.



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1134 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002



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

MILWAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 1134PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.  IN 

ADDITION...RECENT REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED 

THAT THE WORST OF THE FLASH FLOODING IS JUST ABOUT OVER. 



HOWEVER...WATER LEVELS IN SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY RISE TO AROUND 

BANKFULL DUE TO CONTINUED RUNOFF THROUGH ABOUT 1 OR 2 AM. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY ROADS THAT HAVE FLOODED. 



DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATED THAT 3.25 TO 7.25 

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...AND DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 1130 

PM. IN ADDITION...2.5 TO 4.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE MILTON TO 

WHITEWATER AREA. 



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.



ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER TONIGHT... 

BETWEEN 2 AND 6 AM. THEREFORE...LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 

STATEMENTS SHOULD OTHER ADVISORIES...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS BE ISSUED.



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KAPELA

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