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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

132 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANTRIM COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

  OTSEGO COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 115 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN ANTRIM AND SOUTHERN OTSEGO

  COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

  ONE HOUR OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF ANTRIM AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF  

  OTSEGO COUNTIES.  AREAS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER...FRENCHMAN 

  CREEK...AND KOLKE CREEK IN SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTY ARE SUBJECT TO

  RAPID INCREASES IN WATER LEVELS.



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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