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WIC079-127-133-130430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1049 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WALWORTH...WAUKESHA AND 
MILWAUKEE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATED THAT 3.0 TO 7.0 INCHES 
OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN FROM NORTH OF ABELLS CORNERS NORTHEAST TO THE 
TROY CENTER AREA TO NEW BERLIN TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF 
MILWAUKEE BETWEEN 500 PM AND 1045 PM. IN ADDITION...2.5 TO 4.5 
INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE MILTON TO WHITEWATER AREA. 

THIS RAIN AND THE ADDITIONAL 1/2 TO 1 INCH THAT IS EXPECTED UNTIL 
1145 PM...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND 
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. THOSE LOCATIONS IN WAUKESHA AND MILWAUKEE 
COUNTIES THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINS WILL HAVE THE MOST 
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO HYDRO-PLANING ON FLOODED ROADS.

SOME CITIES THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...WHITEWATER...EAST TROY...EAGLE...MUKWONAGO...NORTH 
PRAIRIE...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...ELM GROVE AND THE NORTHERN 
TWO-THIRDS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY. 

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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