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WGUS73 KMQT 022032

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MIC095-022130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

432 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR LUCE

COUNTY...



AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 200 PM AND 400 PM EDT 

NEAR AND JUST WEST OF PINE STUMP JUNCTION.



RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN 

THIS AREA THROUGH 530 PM EDT...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE TWO HEARTED 

RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...POSSIBLY AFFECTING COUNTY ROADS 407... 

410...416 AND 418.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR AUTOMOBILE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO

CROSS SAFELY. IT TAKES ONLY SIX INCHES OF FAST MOVING WATER TO SWEEP

A VEHICLE AWAY...AND ONLY TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT ANY VEHICLE...

INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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