Expires:No;;298953 WGUS63 KGRB 212021 CCA FFAGRB BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 319 PM CDT TUE SEP 21 2010 CORRECTION FOR RUN ON SENTENCE. ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR RIVERS ADJACENT TO THE MENOMINEE RIVER FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN...DICKINSON...IRON... MENOMINEE AND IN WISCONSIN...FLORENCE...MARINETTE. A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS TRACKING OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL PROVIDE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. CURRENT WEATHER MODEL DATA SUGGESTS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD FALL ACROSS FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. LATEST GAUGE INFORMATION FROM THE MENOMINEE BASIN STATES THE RESERVOIR ARE FULL. THIS PLUS THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD MAKE FOR RAPID RIVER RISES ACROSS THE MENOMINEE RIVER AND VERY STRONG RIVER FLOW. SAFETY MESSAGE... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT IN THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS LIVING ALONG OR NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD CONSIDER SECURING PROPERTY. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. $$