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RWUS32 KMQT 011344

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MIZ013-011500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

939 AM EDT THU AUG 1 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR DELTA

COUNTY...



AT 936 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS DECREASING OVER DELTA COUNTY. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS 

OVER THE ESCANABA...GLADSTONE AND STONINGTON PENINSULA AREAS.



ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 AM...MAINLY OVER THE 

STONINGTON AND GARDEN PENINSULAS. 



SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE ESCANABA 

AND GLADSTONE AREAS. WATER IS ON THE ROAD IN SEVERAL PLACES ALONG 

US-41 BETWEEN ESCANABA AND GLADSTONE.



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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