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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

1218 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GOGEBIC COUNTY IN WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 1202 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE FAILURE OF 

THE WOOD DAM SOUTH OF MARENISCO. IN ADDITION...THERE IS CONCERN OF 

THE POTENTIAL FAILURE OF OTHER DAMS. OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED 

FLOODING ALONG MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS IN GOGEBIC COUNTY.



* SPECIFICALLY...THE WOOD DAM...ALSO KNOWN AS THE PRESQUE ISLE 

WILDLIFE DAM... WAS REPORTED TO HAVE FAILED. AT 110 PM...LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A TEN FOOT WIDE SIX FOOT DEEP 

GAP HAD FORMED IN THE DAM. EVACUATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE ALONG RIVER 

STREET AND SIR AVENUE IN THE MARENISCO AREA. OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED 

THAT THE DAM AT SUNDAY LAKE BETWEEN WAKEFIELD AND RAMSAY WAS IN 

JEOPARDY.



RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN GOGEBIC COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY 

THOSE IN MARENISCO...WAKEFIELD...AND RAMSAY...SHOULD SEEK HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.



TRH



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