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WGUS73 KGRB 290104

FFSGRB

WIC067-290145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

705 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004



...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE CITY OF ANTIGO...



AT 630 PM CST...THE LANGLADE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER CONTINUED TO

REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING NEAR SPRING BROOK IN THE CITY OF ANTIGO.

HIGHWAY 45 WAS COMPLETELY COVERED BY WATER AT 10TH AVENUE...AND A SMALL

PORTION OF THE CITY HAD BEEN EVACUATED.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY 9 PM. HOWEVER...RUNOFF

FROM EARLIER RAINS COMBINED WITH CONTINUED SNOWMELT WILL CAUSE THE

FLOODING TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.



THE CONDITIONS WHICH GENERATED THE FLOODING WILL START TO IMPROVE LATE

TONIGHT AND MONDAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD SLOW THE SNOW MELT.

ALTHOUGH SOME PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE MONDAY...IT WILL BE LIGHT AND

SHOULD FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW. 



SINCE PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA ARE ALREADY WELL AWARE OF THE

DANGER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED

AT 715 PM. A FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS USED TO HANDLE LONGER TERM

FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS...IS IN EFFECT FOR LANGLADE COUNTY.

THAT WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE FLOODING SUBSIDES.



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