Full Notification

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARATHON COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
PORTAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SHAWANO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
WAUPACA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...
WOOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED OR CLOSED...PARTICULARLY IN WOOD AND NORTHWEST PORTAGE COUNTIES...WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL MAY BRIEFLY TAPER OFF IN SOME AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE BREAK IN THE RAIN WILL NOT BE LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE CURRENT FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SHAWANO...STEVENS POINT...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...AMHERST...BABCOCK...BEVENT...CLINTONVILLE...GILLETT...KESHENA...MARSHFIELD...MOSINEE...NEOPIT...OCONTO...PITTSVILLE...RIB MOUNTAIN...WESTON...WHITING AND WITTENBERG.

THIS FLOOD WARNING REPLACES ALL OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.