

000 

WGUS53 KMPX 052003

FFWMSP

WIC017-107-060000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

255 PM CDT THU SEP 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

  NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 255 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNED AREA...

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS NORTH OF   

  BLOOMER AND CORNELL.



* RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE 2     

  PM..IN ADDITION TO RAIN EARLIER IN THE DAY.  



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4545 9095 4519 9096 4511 9158 4533 9153

          4549 9150

