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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

626 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MISSAUKEE COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 623 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA 

  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN LAKE CITY AND HOUGHTON LAKE. MOVEMENT 

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES WERE 

  RECORDED OVER THIS REGION BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 

  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. BUTTERFIELD CREEK AND THE

  WEST BRANCH OF THE MUSKEGON RIVER MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS

  AND FLOOD.



NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER.



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