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WGUS73 KGRB 170331

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WIC097-141-170545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

1030 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



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

COUNTIES...



AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 

AM.  



EVEN THE STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING OVER THE PAST HOUR AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH MIDNIGHT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 

UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL 

WISCONSIN...WITH MOST RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ACROSS 

SOUTHERN WOOD AND MUCH OF PORTAGE COUNTY. A RAINFALL REPORT OF 4.60 

INCHES WAS RECORDED NEAR STEVENS POINT. SEVERAL HOMES IN STEVENS 

POINT REPORTED FLOODED BASEMENTS EARLIER THIS EVENING...WITH MANY 

STREETS BEING CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN IS TAPERING OFF...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 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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