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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

445 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



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



AT 440 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM NEAR LITTLE CHICAGO...SOUTHWARD 

TO MARATHON CITY AND ROZELLVILLE. BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES...THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRED FROM FENWOOD TO EDGAR...WHILE THE MOST 

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS REMAINED JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF 

WAUSAU. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM FOR 

MARATHON COUNTY. 



RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 

NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. FOR MARATHON 

COUNTY AND THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...PERIODS OF SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING WITH ADDTIONAL 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS. 



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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