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WGUS73 KAPX 052042

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

442 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007



MIC007-052215-

ALPENA MI-

442 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR

ALPENA COUNTY...



AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED FROM NEAR LACHINE AND LONG RAPIDS...TO THE ALPENA AIRPORT 

AND PARTRIDGE POINT.



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN BETWEEN LONG RAPIDS AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF ALPENA. 

THE ALPENA AIRPORT MEASURED 2.40 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR 

THROUGH 440 PM. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THIS AREA WILL LIKELY 

RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOOD.



AFFECTED CREEKS AND STREAMS INCLUDE...BEAR CREEK...KING CREEK... 

MCLARY CREEK...AND THE LOWER REACHES OF THE LOWER SOUTH BRANCH OF 

THE THUNDER BAY RIVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 4508 8386 4493 8345 4512 8328 4520 8381



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