

000 

RWUS32 KMQT 190147

FFSMQT

MIZ003-009-191200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

945 PM EDT THU APR 18 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT (845 

PM CDT) FOR EASTERN GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF GOGEBIC AND 

ONTONAGON COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT...



AT 935 PM EDT (835 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF GOGEBIC 

COUNTY...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXITING 

ONTONAGON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN 

INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER EASTERN GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES 

AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THIS EVENING. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING PERSISTED ACROSS 

MUCH OF GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES...BUT INDICATED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING CONDITIONS DID NOT DEVELOP AS A RESULT OF THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH 

COUNTIES SINCE FLOODING OF STREAMS IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST. THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY PROLONG 

FLOODING...AND MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RISES OF STREAMS OVER THE 

EASTERN PORTION OF GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL 

INFORMATION ON THE FLOODING CAN BE FOUND IN THE FLOOD STATEMENTS 

ISSUED FOR GOGEBIC AND ONTONAGON COUNTIES.



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

BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET.



$$



TRH



WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MQT/

