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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

835 PM EDT THU APR 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR EASTERN 

GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES...



AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO 

SHOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM WATERSMEET TO 

BRUCE CROSSING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO AN INCH 

OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER EASTERN GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN 

EASTERN GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES...SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. FLASH FLOODING CAN OCCUR RAPIDLY WITH LITTLE NOTICE. DO 

NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY 

LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET.

A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON 

COUNTIES.

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