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WGUS73 KAPX 021706

FFSAPX

MIC097-021800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

105 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MACKINAC COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MACKINAC COUNTY UNTIL 

200 PM. AT 100 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER HAD MOVED 

EAST. HOWEVER...4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WERE ESTIMATED BY RADAR TO 

HAVE FALLEN AS A RESULT OF THE STORMS.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS WASHED OUT ONE THIRD OF US-2 AT THE WEST 

APPROACH TO THE CUT RIVER BRIDGE...JUST EAST OF EPOUFETTE. A 

PORTION OF THE EPOUFETTE BAY ROAD HAS ALSO BEEN WASHED OUT...JUST 

SOUTH OF EPOUFETTE OFF OF US-2. IN ADDITION...TWO FEET OF STANDING 

WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 353 ON I-75 NORTH OF SAINT 

IGNACE.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION IN MACKINAC 

COUNTY. REMEMBER THAT ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT MOST 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 4615 8554 4589 8543 4583 8446 4612 8440



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