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WGUS73 KAPX 071553

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1150 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2006



MIC079-071700-

KALKASKA MI-

1150 AM EDT WED JUN 7 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR KALKASKA

COUNTY...



THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF KALKASKA COUNTY...

OFFICIALS IN KALKASKA COUNTY CONTINUE TO REPORT HIGH WATER LEADING 

TO THE CLOSING OF ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF RAPID RIVER...NEAR 

WOOD...SMITH...AND HOLLY ROADS. WATER WAS REPORTEDLY AS HIGH AS 

2 FEET DEEP IN SOME LOCALES AS OF MID MORNING. 



A SECTION OF WOOD ROAD WAS PARTIALLY WASHED OUT...AND WILL BE OUT 

OF SERVICE INDEFINITELY. 



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO FOUR AND A HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL KALKASKA COUNTY SINCE 530 AM 

THIS MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...AND STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 4464 8521 4464 8494 4485 8491 4484 8530



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