DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WOOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 914 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADS IN WOOD AND NORTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTIES. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WASHOUTS OR HIGH WATER...INCLUDING COUNTY E WEST OF PITTSVILLE...COUNTY C NEAR RUDOLPH...HIGHWAY 54 NEAR PORT EDWARDS...AND COUNTY C IN PORTAGE COUNTY WEST OF STEVENS POINT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN WOOD AND PORTAGE COUNTIES...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
STEVENS POINT...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...AMHERST...BABCOCK...
MARSHFIELD...PITTSVILLE AND WHITING.
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WOOD COUNTY...AND THE FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTAGE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION.
Address/Location
Wood County Dispatch Center
400 Market St
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 715-421-8701
Kelly Zenz
Wood County
[email protected]
715-421-8668