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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

1250 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR RACINE AND NORTHERN 

WALWORTH COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM.



AT 1245 AM...WEATHER RADAR STILL SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

RACINE AND NORTHERN WALWORTH COUNTIES...WITH MORE COMING IN FROM THE 

WEST. HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SAME 

GENERAL AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO 

NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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NJ

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