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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

119 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEBOYGAN COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM EDT...



AT 114 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED PRECIPITATION 

MOVING EAST OF CHEBOYGAN COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS 

INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ALONG THE U.S. 23 

CORRIDOR IN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLOODED STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF CHEBOYGAN.



ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE SHORT TERM...BE 

ALERT FOR ROADS AND LOW AREAS THAT MAY BE FLOODED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS 

THIS PAST EVENING.  MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS.



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