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MIZ032-310815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

134 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEXFORD COUNTY UNTIL 315

AM EST...



AT 130 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVIER PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF WEXFORD COUNTY.  RADAR 

BASED RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN ACROSS WEXFORD COUNTY BETWEEN 9 PM AND 1 AM.  THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL FROM THIS PAST EVENING COMBINED WITH RECENT SNOWMELT MAY 

STILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEAR STREAMS AND 

CREEKS ESPECIALLY ALONG TRIBUTARIES TO THE PINE RIVER IN SOUTHERN 

WEXFORD COUNTY.  WATER COVERED ROADWAYS WILL ALSO BE A HAZARD TO 

MOTORISTS.  NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER.  BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLOODING.



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