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WIC097-141-170545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

901 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOOD AND PORTAGE

COUNTIES...



AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT

15 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AT TIMES FOR THE

REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL 1245 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES.



IN PORTAGE COUNTY...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF

RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM STEVENS POINT AND WHITING...EAST TO STOCKTON 

AND NELSONVILLE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN 

THE CITY OF STEVENS POINT.  



IN WOOD COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...SOUTH OF A PORT

EDWARDS TO PITTSVILLE LINE. THE WOOD COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT 

REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. 



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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