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WGUS53 KMQT 150306

FFWMQT

MIC103-151500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

1106 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...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER

  FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO LAKE SUPERIOR



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 1057 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD 

  RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER IS FLOWING 

  FREELY FROM SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN. AT THIS 

  POINT...IT IS UNCERTAIN HOW MUCH WATER WILL EVENTUALLY FLOW OUT OF 

  SILVER LAKE. NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT 

  DOWNSTREAM OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS WERE RISING IN THE DEAD 

  RIVER STORAGE BASIN. 



* EXCESSIVE WATER IS EXPECTED TO FLOW OVER AND AROUND THE HOIST DAM...

  LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN. THESE 

  HIGH RIVER FLOWS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS

  DOWNSTREAM OF THE HOIST DAM INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE LATE TONIGHT 

  AND ON THURSDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE HOIST DAM COULD RELEASE MORE 

  WATER THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...WHICH WOULD EXACERBATE THE EXPECTED 

  FLOODING DOWNSTREAM. RESIDENTS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER BETWEEN THE HOIST 

  DAM AND LAKE SUPERIOR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS 

  LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.



IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA NEAR THE DEAD RIVER OR ALONG AND 

NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE...BE PREPARED TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE 

INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.



IF EVACUATION BECOMES NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR 

LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION 

CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.



$$



TRH



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000 

WGUS53 KMQT 150306

FFWMQT

MIC103-151500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

1106 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...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER

  FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO LAKE SUPERIOR



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 1057 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD 

  RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER IS FLOWING 

  FREELY FROM SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN. AT THIS 

  POINT...IT IS UNCERTAIN HOW MUCH WATER WILL EVENTUALLY FLOW OUT OF 

  SILVER LAKE. NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT 

  DOWNSTREAM OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS WERE RISING IN THE DEAD 

  RIVER STORAGE BASIN. 



* EXCESSIVE WATER IS EXPECTED TO FLOW OVER AND AROUND THE HOIST DAM...

  LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN. THESE 

  HIGH RIVER FLOWS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS

  DOWNSTREAM OF THE HOIST DAM INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE LATE TONIGHT 

  AND ON THURSDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE HOIST DAM COULD RELEASE MORE 

  WATER THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...WHICH WOULD EXACERBATE THE EXPECTED 

  FLOODING DOWNSTREAM. RESIDENTS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER BETWEEN THE HOIST 

  DAM AND LAKE SUPERIOR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS 

  LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.



IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA NEAR THE DEAD RIVER OR ALONG AND 

NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE...BE PREPARED TO 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE 

INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.



IF EVACUATION BECOMES NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR 

LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION 

CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.



$$



TRH



LAT...LON 4656 8759 4652 8742 4659 8738 4662 8767





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