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WGUS53 KMQT 150046

FFWMQT

MIC103-150645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

844 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARQUETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.



* UNTIL 245 AM EDT



* AT 844 PM EDT...OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A SIGNIFICANT 

  AMOUNT OF WATER FLOWING OUT OF SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER. 

  BRIDGES BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN HAVE 

  BEEN FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.



* THE FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM AND BUILD UP IN 

  THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN UPSTREAM OF THE HOIST DAM.  



IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND DEAD RIVER 

STORAGE BASIN...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 

ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL 

MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOODING 

SITUATION.



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