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WGUS73 KMKX 210253

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WIC059-WIC101-210500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

950 PM CDT THU MAY 20 2004



...MANY ROADS AND FIELDS ARE UNDER WATER IN KENOSHA AND RACINE 

COUNTY...



WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS KENOSHA COUNTY WITH MANY 

FIELDS AND ROADS CURRENTLY UNDER WATER.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 

2 1/2 INCHES FELL IN ABOUT A 1 TO 2 HOUR PERIOD. THIS LEAD TO RAPID 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.  



THIS FLOODING LIKELY EXTENDS INTO FAR SOUTHEAST RACINE COUNTY AROUND 

THE ELMWOOD PARK AND STURTEVANT AREAS. 



IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THIS WATER TO RECEED. MOTORISTS TRAVELING 

BACK COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL OVERNIGHT. DONT 

TRAVEL THROUGH WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH.  HITTING DEEP WATER WITH 

YOUR CAR AT HIGH SPEED MAY LEAD TO HYDROPLANNING AND COULD LEAD TO 

LOSS OF CONTROL. 



MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 4 DAYS.



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