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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

232 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006



MIC101-262000-

MANISTEE MI-

232 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR

MANISTEE COUNTY...



AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PART OF MANISTEE COUNTY. 



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

PARKDALE...ONEKAMA...NORWALK...MANISTEE...KALEVA...EASTLAKE AND

BRETHREN.



GAYLORD DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN ALONG THE MANISTEE AND MASON COUNTY LINE DURING THE 

LAST THREE HOURS. A TRAINED SPOTTER IN WELLSTON REPORTED 2.24 INCHES 

OF RAIN OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

AFFECT THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 4418 8640 4414 8586 4446 8584 4435 8636



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