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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

458 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM

CDT...



AT 455 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 4 AM OVER SOUTHWEST LAFAYETTE COUNTY. RAINFALL OVER THIS AREA 

SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HAS REACHED 5 TO 6 INCHES.  THE ADDITIONAL 

INCH OR TWO EXPECTED BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF THIS MORNING...WILL 

CAUSE SOME LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW 

THEIR BANKS.



CITIES THAT WILL BE MOST AFFECTED INCLUDE...AREAS EAST OF CUBA 

CITY...HAZEL GREEN...OVER TO SHULLSBURG AND GRATIOT. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 



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