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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

310 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



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



AT 305 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT 

THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE BEING TO 

DIMINISH ACROSS WAUSHARA COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS NOW 

EXITING INTO GREEN LAKE COUNTY. 



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 6 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS WESTERN WAUSHARA COUNTY...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A PLAINFIELD

TO WAUTOMA LINE. RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS... 

WHICH WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...FROM SOUTHERN WAUSHARA 

COUNTY NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR 

TRENDS OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS HAS INDICATED THE AREA OF HEAVY RAINS 

IS STARTING TO SHIFT TO THE EAST. IN MATTER OF FACT...IT HAS STOPPED 

RAINING OVER FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY ALONG THE ADAMS 

COUNTY LINE FOR THE TIME BEING. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE HEAVY RAINS 

WILL SHIFT INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF WAUSHARA COUNTY THROUGH 

SUNRISE...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. 



THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER HAS ASKED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF OF THE   

ROADS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES   

COULD BE WASHED OUT...AND MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED.     



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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