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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

900 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DELTA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 856 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND         

  SPOTTERS REPORTED POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING IN THE GLADSTONE AND    

  ESCANABA AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN HAVE BROUGHT 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN TO THIS AREA SINCE 8  

  AM EDT.



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT    

  TWO HOURS NEAR GLADSTONE AND ESCANABA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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