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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

605 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



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



AFTER A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...AND EVEN APPEARED THAT 

THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS PUSHING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...

THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AGAIN DROPPED SOUTHWARD AND WERE 

NOW MOVING INTO WAUSHARA COUNTY.   



AT 600 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER SOUTHERN 

PORTAGE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT OVER 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

OVER NORTHWEST WAUSHARA COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WAUSHARA COUNTY WILL BE CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.  THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION 

ACROSS THE COUNTY



SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...PLAINFIELD...HANCOCK...AND WILD ROSE. 



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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