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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

850 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008



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OGEMAW MI-

850 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR

OGEMAW COUNTY...



FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE HEADWATER BASINS OF THE RIFLE 

RIVER IN NORTHEAST OGEMAW COUNTY...DUE TO OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

FALLING BETWEEN 500 PM AND 630 PM.  GAMBLE CREEK...VAUGHN CREEK... 

OYSTER CREEK...AND MINK CREEK ARE STREAMS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING.  PERSONS WITHIN THE RIFLE RIVER RECREATION AREA SHOULD BE 

ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS.



A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM HAVE REDEVELOPED OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...PRODUCING ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN SINCE 8 PM.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS. CAMPERS AND 

HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.



LAT...LON 4436 8413 4451 8418 4451 8388 4442 8389

      4441 8388 4440 8389 4439 8388 4438 8389



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