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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

630 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002



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

COUNTIES...



AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR ST 

GERMAIN...OR 13 MILES WEST OF EAGLE RIVER. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

LOCATED ACROSS PRICE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

OVER SOUTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 

IN THE CITY OF RHINELANDER. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT

IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. 

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

LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...CONOVER...ARBOR VITAE...BOULDER JUNCTION...CLEARWATER LAKE 

AND EAGLE RIVER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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