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WGUS43 KGRB 042049
FLWGRB
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
349 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...
OCONTO RIVER ABOVE OCONTO AFFECTING OCONTO COUNTY.
FOR THE OCONTO RIVER...INCLUDING GILLETT, OCONTO...MODERATE FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SUNDAY MORNING BY 700 AM CDT.
WIC083-051200-
/O.CON.KGRB.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260409T0000Z/
/OCTW3.2.ER.260403T0341Z.260405T1200Z.260408T0600Z.UU/
349 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...OCONTO RIVER ABOVE OCONTO.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, A CAMPGROUND AND PARK ARE UNDER SEVERAL
FEET OF WATER. WATER APPROACHES HOMES ON FARNSWORTH STREET AND
HOLTWOOD WAY. THERE IS WIDESPREAD MODERATE FLOODING OF LOWLAND AND
AGRICULTURAL LAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:00 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 3:00 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 10.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.4 FEET
SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.9
FEET ON 04/19/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4493 8815 4490 8783 4486 8785 4483 8815
JLA
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