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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

631 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  SCHOOLCRAFT...



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  BLANEY PARK



AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER BLANEY PARK.  THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 515 PM.



ALTHOUGH THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE DIMINISHING...THEY WILL 

CONTINUE TO BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 

800 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING IS NEAR THE BLANEY PARK 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND OPEN LAND

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE

SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

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

SAFELY. IT TAKES ONLY SIX INCHES OF FAST MOVING WATER TO SWEEP A CAR

AWAY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY



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