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Wood County Dispatch Center
Thursday May 3rd, 2012 :: 08:15 a.m. CDT

Advisory

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR WOOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WOOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 806 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL CAUSE URBAN STREET FLOODING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...STEVENS POINT...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...AMHERST...BABCOCK...
MARSHFIELD...PITTSVILLE AND WHITING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

Address/Location
Wood County Dispatch Center
400 Market St
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 715-421-8701

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