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WGUS73 KMQT 150720

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MIC103-151500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

315 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR 

MARQUETTE COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH 

MARQUETTE TO LAKE SUPERIOR...



AT 300 AM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD RIVER 

IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW 

FREELY OUT OF SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER. AT 130 AM...A LOCAL 

STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE CHAIR OF THE MARQUETTE COUNTY 

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.



NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM OF 

SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS WERE RISING IN THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE 

BASIN. DUE TO RISING WATERS FLOWING TO THE EAST...COUNTY ROADS AAO 

AND AAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BASIN 

BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. 



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

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

TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. 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 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.



MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTING PEOPLE TO AVOID AREAS NEAR 

THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND CAMPS. 



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.



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