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RWUS32 KGRB 190037

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WIC037-041-075-085-125-190200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

733 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR VILAS...FOREST...

FLORENCE...ONEIDA AND MARINETTE COUNTIES...



AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STORMS 

WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER 

MUCH OF THIS AREA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES. THE 

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN FALLING OVER AREAS 

WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN 

THIS AREA. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...FLORENCE...ALVIN...RHINELANDER...ARGONNE AND ARMSTRONG 

CREEK.



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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