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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

115 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



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



AT 112 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 

THE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN

THIS AREA. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN MORE RAIN

FALLING OVER AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3

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

HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WILD ROSE...PLAINFIELD...

WAUTOMA...RICHFORD...COLOMA...AND HANCOCK. 



THE WAUSHARA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED FLOODING IN RICHFORD

AND WAUTOMA.  MANY ROADS WERE FLOODED...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 21 AND 

HIGHWAY F...WITH WATER AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP IN SPOTS. 



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.



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