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WGUS73 KAPX 240909

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MIC101-241045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

509 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANISTEE COUNTY UNTIL 

645 AM...



AT 500 AM EDT...MANISTEE COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MANISTEE. MANY VEHICLES WERE STALLED OUT IN 

ONE TO TWO FEET OF FLOWING WATER ON CITY STREETS. FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN MANY BASEMENTS...AS WELL AS IN THE FIRST FLOOR OF A 

HOTEL IN THE CITY.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA...THOUGH ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. EVEN WITHOUT 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM 

IN THE CITY OF MANISTEE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

MANISTEE AREA SINCE 330 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. IF YOU 

ENCOUNTER WATER ON A ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND SEEK ANOTHER ROUTE.  

WATCH FOR AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HAVE WASHED OUT ROADS.



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