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WGUS73 KGRB 032040

FFSGRB

WIC087-032200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

335 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



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

COUNTY...



AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 

GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 47...NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF 

MACKVILLE...FREEDOM...KIMBERLY...GREENVILLE AND LITTLE CHUTE. THE 

STORMS WERE DRIFTING WEST AT 5 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 

SOUTHERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM CDT.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 

THIS AREA SINCE ABOUT 1 PM CDT. THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE RISK OF FLASH 

FLOODING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. 

SOME LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGHEST RISK OF FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...FREEDOM...HORTONVILLE AND MACKVILLE.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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