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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

235 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARATHON COUNTY IN WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 230 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED      

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM

  LITTLE CHICAGO TO MARATHON CITY TO EVERGREEEN. THE CLUSTER OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 



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

  DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR

  TWO FROM LAST EVENING. A SHERIFF REPORTED WATER 2 TO 3 INCHES DEEP IN

  THE TOWN OF EDGAR AT 220 AM THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES

  OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE 

  AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... WAUSAU...BROKAW... 

  EDGAR...EVERGREEN...FENWOOD AND HALDER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4493 9011 4471 9000 4482 8938 4513 8926

          4511 9004



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