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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

450 PM EDT SUN APR 22 2001



...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT...



EXPECT A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER WESTERN KANSAS TO MOVE NORTHEAST 

TO WISCONSIN BY MONDAY MORNING AND INTO EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR BY 

MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL 

DRAW PLENTY OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE NORTHWEST 

GREAT LAKES. THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT FALLS OVER WESTERN UPPER 

MICHIGAN WILL DEPEND ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM. RIGHT 

NOW...PLAN ON 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN 

TONIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. BUT IF THE STORM TAKES A TRACK SLIGHTLY 

FARTHER EAST...UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY INUNDATE AREAS FROM 

IRONWOOD AND ONTONAGON TO HOUGHTON AND COPPER HARBOR. THE 

COMBINATION OF THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...RECENT RAINS...AND 

LINGERING SNOW MELT MAY WORSEN RECENT MINOR FLOODING AND CAUSE 

SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TO OVERFLOW 

THEIR BANKS. THE RAIN WILL END MONDAY EVENING...BUT NOT BEFORE 

MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES FROM CANADA.



IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE LOCATION IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW 

WHAT YOU WILL DO IF RISING RIVERS AND STREAMS THREATEN YOUR 

PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA 

OUTLET FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND FURTHER INFORMATION.



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