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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

400 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DARLINGTON



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 402 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA.



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 1 TO 1 1/2

  INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS RAIN ON TOP OF WHAT

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND THE ADDITIONAL EXPECTED...WILL CAUSE

  SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS OCCURRED JUST EAST OF CUBA CITY AND HAZEL GREEN

OVER TO BENTON...SHULLSBURG AND GRATIOT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 



LAT...LON 4280 8987 4252 8986 4253 9041 4277 9041



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