

398 

WGUS53 KMQT 010304

FFWMQT

MIC043-010900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

1004 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1054 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED UP  

  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM IRON MOUNTAIN TO FOSTER CITY   

  SINCE 8 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING      

  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED 

  AREA BY MIDNIGHT CDT.



* RAINFALL/RUNOFF FROM THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE       

  CONTINUING FLASH FLOODING FROM IRON MOUNTAIN TO QUINNESEC TO       

  FOSTER CITY.



* AT 1054 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER OVER    

  ROADS IN QUINNESEC. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN IRON      

  MOUNTAIN.



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.



NNNN



JLA/RJT



WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MQT/

