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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

600 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VILAS AND ONEIDA

COUNTIES...



AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR 

STARKS...OR 14 MILES EAST OF RHINELANDER. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS 

WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING 

TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY 

RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN

THIS AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. SOME

LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ARBOR

VITAE...BOULDER JUNCTION...CLEARWATER LAKE...CONOVER AND EAGLE RIVER.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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