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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

1219 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST MARQUETTE COUNTY IN MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT MONDAY



A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHOCOLAY RIVER IN THE COMMUNITY 

OF CHOCOLAY. THE MARQUETTE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE 

CHOCOLAY RIVER HAD OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS AND HAS FLOODED THE HANDICAP 

RAMP PARK JUST NORTH OF M-28 IN CHOCOLAY. AT THIS TIME NO 

RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE FLOODED.



WARM TEMPERATURES CAUSING EXCESSIVE SNOWMELT RUNOFF AND RUNOFF FROM 

THE RECENT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF THE CHOCOLAY 

RIVER AROUND THE HANDICAP FISHING RAMP. A THREAT OF FLOODING DOES 

EXIST ALONG THE CHOCOLAY RIVER SOUTH OF M-28 AS WELL AS OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED 

AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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