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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

741 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSK COUNTY WISCONSIN

UNTIL 915 AM...



AT 740 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE AN AREA OF

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN

CONRATH AND MARSHALL CHEESE.  THE STORMS CONTINUE TO REGENERATE

ACROSS NORTHEAST RUSK COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE MOVING

SOUTHEAST OUT OF SAWYER COUNTY. THUS...HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL LIKELY

THROUGH 900 AM. RAINFALL RATES COULD EASILY EXCEED OVER AN INCH PER

HOUR.



AT 730 AM...A SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTED WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD ON

COUNTY ROAD I IN RUSK COUNTY.  PERSONS LIVING ALONG AND IN LOW LYING

AREAS NEAR DEER TAIL AND SKUNK CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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