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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

438 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008



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GLADWIN MI-

438 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR

GLADWIN COUNTY...



AT 432 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN NORTHERN GLADWIN COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WASHOUTS 

WERE RECEIVED. EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON...SUGAR RIVER ROAD WAS 

FLOODED JUST WEST OF LEATONVILLE ROAD.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOWMANVILLE 

AND SUGAR SPRINGS.



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

IN MUCH OF BUTMAN TOWNSHIP BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM. FLOODING IS BELIEVED 

TO BE ONGOING ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. IN 

PARTICULAR...HIGH WATER IS POSSIBLE ON THE SUGAR RIVER AND ON THE 

WEST BRANCH OF THE TITTABAWASSEE RIVER.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4401 8455 4417 8462 4417 8418 4402 8429



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