Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Aug 21, 2007, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 2007, 3:45 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Flood severity

None

Counties Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KMKX 220451
FFWMKX
WIC049-065-111-220845-
/X.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0016.070822T0449Z-070822T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1149 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 1147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER...HEADING EAST INTO WISCONSIN.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WISCONSIN
  DELLS...WEST BARABOO...REEDSBURG...PRAIRIE DU SAC...LAKE DELTON AND
  BARABOO

THE GROUND IS FULLY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND ANY 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING OF 
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 
THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS IS LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 4320 9042 4321 9033 4320 9027 4317 9019
      4356 9019 4357 9032 4364 9032 4364 8979
      4356 8972 4355 8960 4344 8960 4338 8962
      4335 8971 4328 8973 4321 8985 4250 8984
      4251 9042

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Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.