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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

655 PM EDT THU APR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE EAST HALF OF ONTONAGON COUNTY IN WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN

  THE EAST HALF OF GOGEBIC COUNTY IN WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT (945 PM CDT)



* AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INTO 

  EASTERN GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE

  CAUSING HEAVY RAIN AND MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA.



* ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS

  EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER EASTERN GOGEBIC AND

  ONTONAGON COUNTIES.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXACERBATE FLOODING 

THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN THE WARNED AREA...AND MAY CAUSE 

ALREADY SWOLLEN DAMS IN THE AREA TO FAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

MISS WESTERN GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES...BUT A FLOOD WARNING 

REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.



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 FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. VEHICLES CAUGHT

IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY



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