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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1045 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 1045 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER EXTREME

  NORTHERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE WERE MOVING TO

  THE EAST AROUND 30 MPH...HOWEVER AT THE SAME MORE THUNDERSTORMS

  WERE CONTINUING TO REGENERATE FROM THE WEST.



* DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  FALLEN ALONG US-23 BETWEEN CHEBOYGAN AND MACKINAW CITY SINCE 7 PM.

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT AS 

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY... 

AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY 

VEHICLES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

IMMEDIATELY.

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