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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

650 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004



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



EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON THERE WERE TWO PUBLIC REPORTS OF A 

PARTIAL DAM FAILURE OF THE EUREKA DAM ON THE FOX RIVER...

WHICH IS 14 MILES WEST OF OSHKOSH. 



AS OF 645 PM...THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT COULD NOT 

CONFIRM THAT THE DAM BROKE OR WAS STILL INTACT DUE TO FLOODED 

ROADWAYS LEADING UP TO THE DAM.



BASED ON CURRENT INFORMATION FROM THE RIVER FORECAST CENTER...

IF THE DAM DID FAIL RIVER LEVELS WOULD RISE LESS THAN A FOOT.

THE ADDITIONAL RISE IN THE WATER LEVELS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL

FLOODING IN EUREKA AND OMRO.  



THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE REPORTED THAT

SEVERAL HOMES WERE EVACUATED IN EUREKA. IN OMRO...A CITY PARK

AND A PRIVATE BOAT HOUSE WERE UNDER WATER. THE ADDITIONAL RISE

IN THE WATER LEVELS WILL CAUSE THE RIVER TO APPROACH HOMES IN 

OMRO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE

TO CAUSE FLOODING AT OMRO AND EUREKA. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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