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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

234 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ANTRIM AND OTSEGO 

COUNTIES IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 430 PM EDT...



AT 230 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED  

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN 

ANTRIM AND SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS REMAIN 

NEARLY STATIONARY. 



THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA 

SINCE 1 PM.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2.37 INCHES IN 50 MINUTES WERE 

RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GAYLORD...WITH 

RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN UNDER TWO HOURS 

TIME ACROSS EASTERN ANTRIM AND SOUTHERN OTSEGO COUNTIES.



ALTHOUGH STORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY STILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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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