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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

400 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



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



AT 355 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS WERE 6 MILES NORTH

OF VESPER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. 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. NEW STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF 

THE COUNTY...COMBINED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND RAINFALL 

FROM EARLIER TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA THROUGH SUNRISE. SOME LOCATIONS 

WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ARPIN... 

AUBURNDALE...BAKERVILLE...BETHEL AND DEXTERVILLE.



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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