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WGUS73 KMQT 142226

FFSMQT

MIC103-150045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

625 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 

COUNTY ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND THE DEAD RIVER 

STORAGE BASIN...



DAM OPERATOR OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE SILVER LAKE DAM HAS NOT 

FAILED. APPARENTLY WATER IS BEING RELEASED THROUGH EARTHEN 

STRUCTURES AROUND SILVER LAKE...AND THIS HAS CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT 

INCREASE IN RIVER FLOW DOWNSTREAM OF SILVER LAKE. FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE IN LOW-LYING AREAS BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND THE HEAD...OR 

WESTERN EDGE...OF THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN. COUNTY ROAD 573 WILL 

CONTINUE TO BE IMPACTED BY HIGH WATER. 



ONCE AGAIN...THE SILVER LAKE DAM HAS NOT FAILED. 



IF YOU LIVE BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE 

BASIN...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. 

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ROLFSON



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