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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

923 AM EDT THU MAY 15 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 930 PM EDT



* AT 920 AM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD      

  RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW FREELY OUT OF   

  SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...ALTHOUGH THE RATE OF RELEASE HAS 

  DIMINISHED. AT 130 AM...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY 

  THE CHAIR OF THE MARQUETTE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. AT 850   

  AM...THE CITY OF MARQUETTE AND MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ORDERED  

  A MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT   

  STREET. MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE      

  AVOID ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND   

  CAMPS. 



* NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM   

  OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE DEAD     

  RIVER STORAGE BASIN. DUE TO RISING WATERS FLOWING TO THE           

  EAST...COUNTY ROADS AAO...AAT...AND OTHER LOCAL ROADS HAVE BEEN    

  CLOSED. COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO AVOID COUNTY ROAD 510...AND  

  PORTIONS OF THIS ROAD ARE CLOSED NEAR THE DEAD RIVER. THE BRIDGE   

  ACROSS THE DEAD RIVER ON FORESTVILLE ROAD HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE 

  TO HIGH WATER. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BASIN BETWEEN    

  SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.



EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 

THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 

STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 

CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 

MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 

INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY.



THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 

INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 

A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 

BUILDINGS.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

1100 AM EDT. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 100 PM EDT OR 

SOONER.



IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME 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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