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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

845 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MARQUETTE...GREEN

LAKE...FOND DU LAC..SHEBOYGAN...AND NORTHERN SAUK COUNTIES

UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DROPPER RADAR CONTINUED

TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE

WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER

NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY FROM 530 PM TO 830 PM CDT. DURING THE SAME TIME

PERIOD...1.00 TO 1.50 INCHES FELL FROM PARTS OF MARQUETTE

COUNTY TO NEAR THE CITY OF FOND DU LAC.



AT 820 PM...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF FOND DU

LAC...THE CITY OF WAUPUN...AND THE CITY OF MARKESAN.



RAINFALL OF 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES FROM MARQUETTE TO SHEBOYGAN COUNTY

LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED IN THAT AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 0.50 TO 1.50 INCHES TONIGHT WILL CAUSE LOCAL

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

FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR CITIES WILL OCCUR IN THE WARNED AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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