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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

917 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006



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HOUGHTON MI-

917 AM EDT SUN JUL 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR

NORTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTY...



AT 911 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS 

THE NORTH HALF OF HOUGHTON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND THOSE 

UPSTREAM OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WERE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN...SO 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN THE NEXT HOUR.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REDRIDGE...

HUBBELL...HOUGHTON AND HANCOCK



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER 

NORTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTY BETWEEN 915 AM AND 1015 AM. ALTHOUGH THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN IS DIMINISHING...RESIDUAL RUNOFF MAY REMAIN A PROBLEM 

INTO LATE MORNING.



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. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES.



IF YOU COME ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS...SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4723 8907 4700 8889 4696 8846 4717 8827



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