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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

1159 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN 

DICKINSON COUNTY...



AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF DICKINSON COUNTY... 

AND NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE EVENING OVER 

SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY FROM IRON MOUNTAIN TO FOSTER CITY. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW 

MORE HOURS AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS 

AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 



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. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 

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