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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

530 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MARATHON AND 

PORTAGE COUNTIES...



AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS PORTAGE COUNTY FROM 

WHITING...PLOVER AND STEVENS POINT TO JUNCTION CITY. THE STORMS 

EXTENDED INTO SOUTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY...FROM ALDER AND 

ROZELLVILLE TO STRATFORD AND SPENCER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE 

SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 6 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MARATHON COUNTY...FROM 

SPENCER TO STRATFORD TO ROZELLVILLE...WHILE 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

FROM JUNCTION CITY TO STEVENS POINT TO PLOVER.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 

INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING IN THESE AREAS 

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MARATHON COUNTY REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 153 FROM 

STRATFORD TO SPENCER WAS UNDER 1 TO 3 FEET OF WATER IN SPOTS. 

SEVERAL ROADS IN SOUTHWESTERN MARATHON COUNTY WERE REPORTED WASHED 

OUT. 



THE STEVENS POINT POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED BASEMENT AND STREET 

FLOODING IN THE CITY. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION  SPENCER...STRATFORD...JUNCTION 

CITY...PLOVER...WHITING AND STEVENS POINT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

THIS MORNING. 



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



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