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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

200 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 150 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

  CONTINUE TO REPORT SECTIONS OF SEVERAL ROADS WASHED OUT ACROSS 

  MACKINAC COUNTY...DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER 

  TODAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE    

  WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY EXACERBATE THE ONGOING 

  FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  EPOUFETTE...BREVORT...AND SAINT IGNACE.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF MACKINAC COUNTY EARLIER TODAY.



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. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

GAYLORD.



LAT...LON 4597 8440 4601 8443 4605 8466 4586 8480

      4603 8502 4613 8540 4613 8552 4598 8566

      4598 8584 4624 8583 4621 8516 4615 8511

      4615 8436 4608 8436 4607 8424 4600 8424

      4599 8414



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