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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

120 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR MENOMINEE

COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN THE CITY OF 

MENOMINEE. US-41 IN THE CITY OF MENOMINEE IS CLOSED WITH 12 INCHES 

OF WATER ON THE ROAD. AS OF 1 AM CDT...THE OBSERVING SITE AT THE 

COUNTY AIRPORT REPORTED 4.48 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 PM CDT.



AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

FROM RHINELANDER WISCONSIN THROUGH THE CITY OF MENOMINEE. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS SHOW SIGNS OF WEAKENING...HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL 

AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WITHIN THE LINE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAME AREA FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 5 AM CDT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT TAKES ONLY SIX INCHES OF FAST MOVING 

WATER TO SWEEP A CAR AWAY. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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