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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

335 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARATHON COUNTY...



AT 330 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAINS 

HAVE WEAKENED...AND MOVE EAST OF THE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM NEAR LITTLE 

CHICAGO TO MARATHON CITY...SOUTH TO EDGAR AND ROZELVILLE SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARATHON 

COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM. 



THE MARATHON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER 3 INCHES DEEP 

IN THE TOWN OF EDGAR AROUND 230 AM. TWO FEET OF WATER COVERED 

HIGHWAY 29 NEAR HIGHWAY S AROUND 240 AM THIS MORNING. 



EVEN THOUGH THE TORRENTIAL RAINS APPEAR TO BE OVER...PERIODS OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE...THEN TAPER 

OFF LATER THIS MORNING. ADDTITION RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO 

ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN 

TAPERS OFF. 

 

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.



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