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WGUS73 KGRB 032156

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WIC135-032245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

450 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



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



AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO 

PERSIST GENERALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 49 IN WESTERN WAUPACA COUNTY...NEAR 

THE TOWNS OF WAUPACA...NORTHLAND AND IOLA. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY 

STATIONARY.  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WAUPACA COUNTY 

UNTIL 545 PM CDT.



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

THIS AREA SINCE 230 PM CDT. THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. ANOTHER 1 TO 

3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA. SOME LOCATIONS WHICH 

CONTINUE TO BE AT HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...WAUPACA...IOLA...KING AND NORTHLAND...AS WELL AS OTHER 

COMMUNITIES NEAR HIGHWAY 49.



AT 445 PM CDT...WAUPACA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 10 TO 12 INCHES OF 

WATER ON SEVERAL STREETS IN THE CITY OF WAUPACA.



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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