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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1207 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

  MANISTEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT



* AT 1202 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF

  VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND REPEATEDLY MOVING

  ACROSS BENZIE AND MANISTEE COUNTIES. 



* DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL OVER PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL

RATES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THESE 

COUNTIES THROUGH 4 AM EDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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