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WIC025-049-111-231015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

119 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DANE...IOWA AND SAUK COUNTIES CONTINUES 

UNTIL 515 AM CDT...



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE AROUND 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA AND DANE COUNTIES WITH LESS 

RAINFALL SEEN SO FAR ACROSS SAUK COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

ARRIVING FROM THE WEST WILL BEGIN TO SOAK IOWA AND SAUK COUNTIES 

HEADING INTO DANE WITH TIME. 



SATURATED SOILS FROM DAYS AND DAYS OF RAIN WILL CAUSE THE RAINFALL 

TO GO IMMEDIATELY TO RUNOFF CREATING A FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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