...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN DANE COUNTY...

AT 608 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON THE
WEST SIDE OF MADISON. A WATER RESCUE WAS REPORTED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF COMMERCE STREET AND MINERAL POINT ROAD. THERE ARE
SEVERAL ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE FLOODED WITH SOME STRANDED
VEHICLES ON THE WEST SIDE OF MADISON. ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MADISON, FITCHBURG, MIDDLETON, WAUNAKEE, VERONA, OREGON, MOUNT HOREB,
CROSS PLAINS, BELLEVILLE, SHOREWOOD HILLS, MAPLE BLUFF, CAMP RANDALL
STADIUM, PAOLI, PINE BLUFF, MOUNT VERNON, HENRY VILAS ZOO, MARXVILLE
AND UW-MADISON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY MORNING...

.SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH OUT OF
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. FOR
THIS EVENING, PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED, AND MAY LAST INTO TUESDAY MORNING OVER
SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN MAY
FALL OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN DURING THIS TIME WITH THE HEAVIEST
TOTALS IN EASTERN WISCONSIN. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY
IN URBAN AREAS OR AREAS THAT RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN LAST
WEEK.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, COLUMBIA, DANE, GREEN, IOWA, LAFAYETTE, ROCK, AND SAUK.

* FROM 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO LATE
NIGHT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

* FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN OR MORE FALLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN LAST WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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