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WGUS53 KMQT 142150

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MIC103-150045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

548 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE IN...

  MARQUETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 535 PM EDT...A POTENTIAL FAILURE OF THE SILVER LAKE DAM ON THE 

  DEAD RIVER WAS REPORTED BY OFFICIALS NEAR THE DAM.



* THE FLOOD WAVE WILL REACH THE HOIST DAM BY 9 PM. THE HOIST DAM IS 

  8 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE CITY OF MARQUETTE. FLOODING OF COUNTY 

  ROAD 573 BRIDGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.



IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BELOW THE SILVER LAKE DAM ON THE 

DEAD RIVER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW PERSONS LOCATED FARTHER 

DOWNSTREAM ON THE DEAD RIVER SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE INFORMATION 

BECOMES AVAILABLE.



FOLLOW EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY

OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY

TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.



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