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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

1102 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENOMINEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1052 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM RHINELANDER WISCONSIN TO MENOMINEE.

  THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAME AREA FOR 

  SEVERAL MORE HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE 

  RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY SINCE 8 PM. 

  MINOR STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE.

  

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS

  IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY.



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



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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JLB



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