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WGUS73 KGRB 261136

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WIC085-261245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

636 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONEIDA 

COUNTY...



AT 626 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 

HEAFFORD JUNCTION TO RHINELANDER TO MONICO...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 

20 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONEIDA COUNTY UNTIL 745 AM CDT.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN WEST 

OF RHINELANDER. THE RHINELANDER WEATHER OBSERVING STATION REPORTED 

2.82 INCHES SINCE 500 AM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 

SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ONEIDA COUNTY...PERHAPS BRINGING AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH 

RISK OF FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...RHINELANDER...MONICO AND PELICAN 

LAKE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN ADDITION TO THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 

40 MPH. 



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