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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

525 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007



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ALPENA MI-

525 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007



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

ALPENA COUNTY...



AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ALPENA WERE SLOWLY WEAKENING AND 

MOVING SOUTHWARD. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON 

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

SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY OF ALPENA. RUNOFF PROBLEMS ARE STILL 

LIKELY FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN.



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN OVER THIS REGION. THE ALPENA AIRPORT MEASURED 2.57 INCHES OF 

RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON.



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. 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.



LAT...LON 4503 8385 4489 8343 4512 8328 4520 8381



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