Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Marquette, MI

000 
WGUS73 KMQT 151400
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1000 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 920 AM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD        
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW FREELY OUT OF     
SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...ALTHOUGH THE RATE OF RELEASE HAS   
DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY. AT 130 AM...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS 
DECLARED BY THE CHAIR OF THE MARQUETTE COUNTY BOARD OF 
COMMISSIONERS. AT 930 AM...THE CITY OF MARQUETTE REQUESTED A 
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OF THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT 
STREET. MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE AVOID 
ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND CAMPS. 

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM     
OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE DEAD       
RIVER STORAGE BASIN. DUE TO RISING WATERS FLOWING TO THE             
EAST...COUNTY ROADS AAO...AAT...AND OTHER LOCAL ROADS HAVE BEEN      
CLOSED. COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO AVOID COUNTY ROAD 510...AND    
PORTIONS OF THIS ROAD ARE CLOSED NEAR THE DEAD RIVER. THE BRIDGE     
ACROSS THE DEAD RIVER ON FORESTVILLE ROAD HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE   
TO HIGH WATER. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BASIN BETWEEN      
SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 
THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 
CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY.

THE VOLUNTARY EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 
ACRES... AND A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES 
INCLUDING 806 BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 100 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 151401 CCA
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED MND HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1000 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 920 AM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD        
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW FREELY OUT OF     
SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...ALTHOUGH THE RATE OF RELEASE HAS   
DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY. AT 130 AM...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS 
DECLARED BY THE CHAIR OF THE MARQUETTE COUNTY BOARD OF 
COMMISSIONERS. AT 930 AM...THE CITY OF MARQUETTE REQUESTED A 
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OF THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT 
STREET. MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE AVOID 
ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND CAMPS. 

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM     
OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE DEAD       
RIVER STORAGE BASIN. DUE TO RISING WATERS FLOWING TO THE             
EAST...COUNTY ROADS AAO...AAT...AND OTHER LOCAL ROADS HAVE BEEN      
CLOSED. COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO AVOID COUNTY ROAD 510...AND    
PORTIONS OF THIS ROAD ARE CLOSED NEAR THE DEAD RIVER. THE BRIDGE     
ACROSS THE DEAD RIVER ON FORESTVILLE ROAD HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE   
TO HIGH WATER. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BASIN BETWEEN      
SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 
THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 
CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY.

THE VOLUNTARY EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 
ACRES... AND A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES 
INCLUDING 806 BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 100 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 151429
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1029 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 1000 AM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD    
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW FREELY OUT OF     
SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...ALTHOUGH THE RATE OF RELEASE HAS   
DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY. AT 130 AM...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS 
DECLARED BY THE CHAIR OF THE MARQUETTE COUNTY BOARD OF 
COMMISSIONERS. AT 1000 AM...THE MARQUETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES 
REPORTED THAT A MANDATORY EVACTUATION WAS UNDERWAY FOR THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET...FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO LAKE 
SUPERIOR. RMARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE 
AVOID ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND 
CAMPS. SPECIFICALLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD AVOID USING ALL CITY STREETS 
NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET.

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM     
OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE DEAD       
RIVER STORAGE BASIN. DUE TO RISING WATERS FLOWING TO THE             
EAST...COUNTY ROADS AAO...AAT...AND OTHER LOCAL ROADS HAVE BEEN      
CLOSED. COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO AVOID COUNTY ROAD 510...AND    
PORTIONS OF THIS ROAD ARE CLOSED NEAR THE DEAD RIVER. THE BRIDGE     
ACROSS THE DEAD RIVER ON FORESTVILLE ROAD HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE   
TO HIGH WATER. WRIGHT STREET EAST OF FORESTVILLE ROAD IS ALSO 
CLOSED. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BASIN BETWEEN SILVER LAKE 
AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 
THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 
CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY.

THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 
A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 
BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 100 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 151518
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1118 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 1100 AM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD    
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW FREELY OUT OF     
SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...BUT POWER COMPANY OFFICIALS 
INDICATED THAT THE AMOUNT OF NEW WATER BEING RELEASED HAS DECREASED 
SIGNIFICANTLY. THE MARQUETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINUE TO 
REPORT THAT A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET...FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO LAKE 
SUPERIOR. MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE 
AVOID ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND 
CAMPS. SPECIFICALLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD AVOID USING ALL CITY STREETS 
NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET.

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM     
OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH IN THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. COUNTY ROADS AAO...AAT...AND OTHER LOCAL ROADS HAVE 
BEEN CLOSED. COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO AVOID COUNTY ROAD 
510...AND PORTIONS OF THIS ROAD ARE CLOSED NEAR THE DEAD RIVER... 
INCLUDING THE BRIDGE. THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE DEAD RIVER ON 
FORESTVILLE ROAD HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. WRIGHT 
STREET EAST OF FORESTVILLE ROAD IS ALSO CLOSED. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG 
THE DEAD RIVER BASIN BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE 
BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 
THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 
CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY.

THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 
A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 
BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 200 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 151612
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1212 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 1200 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD    
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW OUT OF SILVER 
LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...BUT POWER COMPANY OFFICIALS INDICATED 
THAT THE AMOUNT OF NEW WATER BEING RELEASED HAS DECREASED 
SIGNIFICANTLY. THE MARQUETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINUE TO 
REPORT THAT A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET...FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO LAKE 
SUPERIOR. MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE 
AVOID ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND 
CAMPS. SPECIFICALLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD AVOID USING ALL CITY STREETS 
NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET.

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM     
OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH IN THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED...COUNTY ROAD 
AAT KNOWN AS MULLIGAN ROAD...COUNTY ROAD AAO AT THE DEAD RIVER 
BRIDGE...FORESTVILLE ROAD...COUNTY ROAD HD...COUNTY ROAD 510 AT THE 
STEEL BRIDGE...WRIGHT STREET FROM COMMERCE TO ONTARIO STREET...AND 
ROADS NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD IS CLOSED NORTH 
OF HAWLEY...AND COUNTY ROAD 550 IS CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 
HAWLEY AND SUGARLOAF ROADS. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BASIN 
BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 
THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 
CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY. AS OF 1200 
PM EDT...ONLY MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
ALONG THE BANKS OF THE DEAD RIVER...ALTHOUGH THE RIVER WAS VERY 
TURBULENT AND FLOWING AT AN EXTREME RATE. OPERATIONS AT SOME 
HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE WERE REPORTED TO 
BE SUSPENDED AS OF 1200 PM EDT.

THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 
A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 
BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 200 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 151710
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
110 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 100 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD    
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW OUT OF SILVER 
LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...BUT POWER COMPANY OFFICIALS INDICATED 
THAT THE AMOUNT OF NEW WATER BEING RELEASED HAS DECREASED 
SIGNIFICANTLY. THE MARQUETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINUE TO 
REPORT THAT A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET...FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO LAKE 
SUPERIOR. MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE 
AVOID ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND 
CAMPS. SPECIFICALLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD AVOID USING ALL CITY STREETS 
NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET.

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM     
OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH IN THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED...COUNTY ROAD 
AAT KNOWN AS MULLIGAN ROAD...COUNTY ROAD AAO AT THE DEAD RIVER 
BRIDGE...FORESTVILLE ROAD...COUNTY ROAD HD...COUNTY ROAD 510 AT THE 
STEEL BRIDGE...WRIGHT STREET FROM COMMERCE TO ONTARIO STREET...AND 
ROADS NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD IS CLOSED NORTH 
OF HAWLEY...AND COUNTY ROAD 550 IS CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 
HAWLEY AND SUGARLOAF ROADS. THE BOAT LAUNCH ON FORESTVILLE ROAD WAS 
UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER 
BASIN BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 
THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 
CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY. AS OF 100 
PM EDT...MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE ALONG 
THE BANKS OF THE DEAD RIVER...ALTHOUGH THE RIVER WAS VERY TURBULENT 
AND FLOWING AT AN EXTREME RATE. DEBRIS IN THE RIVER CHANNEL WAS 
RESULTING IN FLUCTUATIONS IN THE RIVER LEVEL...WHICH POSES AN ADDED 
DANGER SINCE WATER LEVELS MAY FALL AND QUICKLY RISE AGAIN WITHIN AS 
LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES. WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE ENCROACHING UP 
GRANITE STREET AS OF 1225 PM EDT. OPERATIONS AT SOME OF THE 
HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE WERE REPORTED TO 
BE SUSPENDED AS OF 1200 PM EDT DUE TO FLOODING.

THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 
A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 
BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 200 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 151806
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
206 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 200 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD    
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW OUT OF SILVER 
LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...BUT POWER COMPANY OFFICIALS INDICATED 
THAT THE AMOUNT OF NEW WATER BEING RELEASED HAS DECREASED 
SIGNIFICANTLY. THE MARQUETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINUE TO 
REPORT THAT A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET...FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO LAKE 
SUPERIOR. MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE 
AVOID ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND 
CAMPS. SPECIFICALLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD AVOID USING ALL CITY STREETS 
NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET.

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM     
OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH IN THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED...COUNTY ROAD 
AAT KNOWN AS MULLIGAN ROAD...COUNTY ROAD AAO AT THE DEAD RIVER 
BRIDGE...FORESTVILLE ROAD...COUNTY ROAD HD...COUNTY ROAD 510 AT THE 
STEEL BRIDGE...WRIGHT STREET FROM COMMERCE TO ONTARIO STREET...AND 
ROADS NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD IS CLOSED NORTH 
OF HAWLEY...AND COUNTY ROAD 550 IS CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 
HAWLEY AND SUGARLOAF ROADS. THE BOAT LAUNCH ON FORESTVILLE ROAD WAS 
UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER 
BASIN BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 
THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 
CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY. AS OF 200 
PM EDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE ALONG THE 
BANKS OF THE DEAD RIVER...AND PORTIONS OF THE RIVER WERE VERY 
TURBULENT AND FLOWING AT AN EXTREME RATE. DEBRIS IN THE RIVER 
CHANNEL WAS RESULTING IN FLUCTUATIONS IN THE RIVER LEVEL...WHICH 
POSES AN ADDED DANGER SINCE WATER LEVELS MAY FALL AND QUICKLY RISE 
AGAIN WITHIN AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES. WATER WAS ENCROACHING UP 
GRANITE STREET AS OF 200 PM EDT. OPERATIONS AT SOME OF THE 
HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE WERE REPORTED TO 
BE SUSPENDED DUE TO FLOODING. SPECIFICALLY...THE HYDROELECTRIC 
FACILITY LOCATED NEAR TOURIST PARK IN MARQUETTE WAS EXPERIENCING 
FLOODING AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. TREES WERE ALSO 
REPORTED DOWN IN THE TOURIST PARK AREA...AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL 
FOR POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES.

THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 
A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 
BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 400 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 151920
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
319 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 300 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD    
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW OUT OF SILVER 
LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...BUT POWER COMPANY OFFICIALS INDICATED 
THAT THE AMOUNT OF NEW WATER BEING RELEASED HAS DECREASED 
SIGNIFICANTLY. THE MARQUETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINUE TO 
REPORT THAT A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET...FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO LAKE 
SUPERIOR. MARQUETTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO REQUESTING PEOPLE 
AVOID ALL AREAS NEAR THE DEAD RIVER...INCLUDING ALL PROPERTY AND 
CAMPS. SPECIFICALLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD AVOID USING ALL CITY STREETS 
NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET.

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE REPORTED WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM     
OF SILVER LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH IN THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE FOLLOWING ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED...COUNTY ROAD 
AAT KNOWN AS MULLIGAN ROAD...COUNTY ROAD AAO AT THE DEAD RIVER 
BRIDGE...FORESTVILLE ROAD...COUNTY ROAD HD...COUNTY ROAD 510 AT THE 
STEEL BRIDGE...WRIGHT STREET FROM COMMERCE TO ONTARIO STREET...AND 
ROADS NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD IS CLOSED NORTH 
OF HAWLEY...AND COUNTY ROAD 550 IS CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 
HAWLEY AND SUGARLOAF ROADS. THE BOAT LAUNCH ON FORESTVILLE ROAD WAS 
UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE DEAD RIVER 
BASIN BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM TODAY. 
THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD RIVER 
STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER WILL 
CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
MCCLURE RELEASE...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM 
INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET TODAY. AS OF 300 
PM EDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE ALONG THE 
BANKS OF THE DEAD RIVER...AND PORTIONS OF THE RIVER WERE VERY 
TURBULENT AND FLOWING AT AN EXTREME RATE. DO NOT VENTURE NEAR THE 
RIVER DEBRIS IN THE RIVER CHANNEL WAS RESULTING IN FLUCTUATIONS IN 
THE RIVER LEVEL...WHICH POSES AN ADDED DANGER SINCE WATER LEVELS MAY 
FALL AND QUICKLY RISE AGAIN WITHIN AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES. WATER 
WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOWING OVER THE BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES THE DEAD 
RIVER ON LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD...AND WATER WAS RISING ON SOME ROADS 
NEAR THE RIVER NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. OPERATIONS AT SOME OF THE 
HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE WERE REPORTED TO 
BE SUSPENDED DUE TO FLOODING. SPECIFICALLY...THE HYDROELECTRIC 
FACILITY LOCATED NEAR TOURIST PARK IN MARQUETTE WAS EXPERIENCING 
FLOODING AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. TREES WERE ALSO 
REPORTED DOWN IN THE TOURIST PARK AREA...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SOIL 
EROSION AT THE TOURIST PARK BEACH AND SURROUNDING AREA. THERE WERE 
REPORTS OF SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE...AND 
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED 
POWER LINES.

THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 
A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 
BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 500 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 152036
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
435 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

AT 400 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD    
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. SOME WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW OUT OF 
SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...BUT POWER COMPANY OFFICIALS 
INDICATED THAT THE AMOUNT OF NEW WATER BEING RELEASED WAS LOW. 
THE MARQUETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT A 
MANDATORY EVACUATION IS IN PLACE FOR THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF 
WRIGHT STREET...FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO LAKE SUPERIOR. 

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM OF SILVER 
LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH IN THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN. 
THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE CLOSED...COUNTY ROAD AAT KNOWN AS MULLIGAN 
ROAD...COUNTY ROAD AAO AT THE DEAD RIVER BRIDGE...FORESTVILLE 
ROAD...COUNTY ROAD HD...COUNTY ROAD 510 AT THE STEEL BRIDGE...WRIGHT 
STREET FROM COMMERCE TO ONTARIO STREET...AND ROADS NORTH OF WRIGHT 
STREET. LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD IS CLOSED FROM HAWLEY STREET 
NORTH...AND COUNTY ROAD 550 IS ALSO CLOSED. THE BOAT LAUNCH ON 
FORESTVILLE ROAD WAS UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. PEOPLE LIVING 
ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BASIN BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD 
HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM THIS 
EVENING. THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD 
RIVER STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER 
WILL CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT THIS EVENING. THIS WATER IS CAUSING 
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS DOWNSTREAM INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. AS OF 400 PM EDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN 
THE CITY OF MARQUETTE ALONG THE BANKS OF THE DEAD RIVER...AND 
PORTIONS OF THE RIVER WERE VERY TURBULENT AND FLOWING AT AN EXTREME 
RATE. DO NOT VENTURE NEAR THE RIVER DEBRIS IN THE RIVER CHANNEL WAS 
RESULTING IN FLUCTUATIONS IN THE RIVER LEVEL...WHICH POSES AN ADDED 
DANGER SINCE WATER LEVELS MAY FALL AND QUICKLY RISE AGAIN WITHIN AS 
LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES.

WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOWING OVER THE BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES THE 
DEAD RIVER ON LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD AND THIS WATER EXTENDED SOUTH TO 
NEAR HAWLEY STREET. HIGH WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON SOME ROADS NEAR 
THE RIVER NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. OPERATIONS AT SOME OF THE 
HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE WERE SUSPENDED DUE 
TO FLOODING. SPECIFICALLY...THE HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY LOCATED NEAR 
TOURIST PARK IN MARQUETTE WAS EXPERIENCING FLOODING AND SOME 
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN THE 
TOURIST PARK AREA...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SOIL EROSION AT THE 
TOURIST PARK BEACH AND SURROUNDING AREA. THERE WERE REPORTS OF 
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE...AND POWER IS OUT 
IN COMMUNITIES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 550 NORTH OF THE DEAD RIVER 
INCLUDING BIG BAY. ELECTRICITY ALONG WITH EMERGENCY AND NORMAL PHONE 
SERVICE ARE OUT IN POWELL TOWNSHIP. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 
ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES.

THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 
A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 
BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 700 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 152118
FFSMQT
MIC103-160130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
518 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR MARQUETTE 
COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH MARQUETTE TO 
LAKE SUPERIOR...

THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REISSUED AND EXTENDED INTO FRIDAY 
MORNING.

AT 500 PM EDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE DEAD    
RIVER IN MARQUETTE COUNTY. SOME WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW OUT OF 
SILVER LAKE INTO THE DEAD RIVER...BUT POWER COMPANY OFFICIALS 
INDICATED THAT THE AMOUNT OF NEW WATER BEING RELEASED WAS LOW. 
THE MARQUETTE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT A 
MANDATORY EVACUATION IS IN PLACE FOR THE CITY OF MARQUETTE NORTH OF 
WRIGHT STREET...FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO LAKE SUPERIOR. THIS 
EVACUATION ORDER MAY REMAIN IN PLACE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

EXCESSIVE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH THE HOIST DAM THIS 
EVENING. THE HOIST DAM IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DEAD 
RIVER STORAGE BASIN. THE DAM IS STABLE...BUT A LARGE VOLUME OF WATER 
WILL CONTINUE TO PASS THROUGH IT THIS EVENING. THIS WATER IS CAUSING 
FLOODING OF AREAS NEAR THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM INTO THE CITY OF 
MARQUETTE NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. AS OF 500 PM EDT...FLOODING WAS 
REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE ALONG THE BANKS OF THE DEAD 
RIVER...AND PORTIONS OF THE RIVER WERE VERY TURBULENT AND FLOWING AT 
AN EXTREME RATE. DO NOT VENTURE NEAR THE RIVER DEBRIS IN THE RIVER 
CHANNEL WAS RESULTING IN FLUCTUATIONS IN THE RIVER LEVEL...WHICH 
POSES AN ADDED DANGER SINCE WATER LEVELS MAY FALL AND QUICKLY RISE 
AGAIN WITHIN AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES.

REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES THE DEAD RIVER ON 
LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. REPORTS ALSO INDICATE THAT 
THE OLD COUNTY ROAD 550 BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT...BUT THE NEW BRIDGE 
IS INTACT...ALTHOUGH IT IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. AT 400 PM EDT...WATER 
WAS REPORTED OVER MUCH OF THE LAND FROM THE DEAD RIVER SOUTH TO NEAR 
HAWLEY STREET. HIGH WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON SOME ROADS NEAR THE 
RIVER NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET. OPERATIONS AT THE HYDROELECTRIC 
FACILITIES ALONG THE DEAD RIVER IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE WERE 
SUSPENDED DUE TO FLOODING. SPECIFICALLY...THE HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY 
LOCATED NEAR TOURIST PARK IN MARQUETTE WAS EXPERIENCING FLOODING AND 
SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THE WISCONSIN ENERGIES POWER 
PLANT LOCATED NORTH OF THE DEAD RIVER HAS PARTIALLY SUSPENDED 
OPERATIONS...AND WAS EXPERIENCING SOME FLOODING AT THEIR LOCATION.

TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE TOURIST PARK AREA...ALONG WITH 
SIGNIFICANT SOIL EROSION AT THE TOURIST PARK BEACH AND SURROUNDING 
AREA. DEBRIS IS FLOWING INTO LAKE SUPERIOR...CONSISTING MAINLY OF 
TREES AND BRANCHES. THERE WERE REPORTS OF SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES IN 
THE CITY OF MARQUETTE...AND POWER IS OUT IN COMMUNITIES ALONG COUNTY 
ROAD 550 NORTH OF THE DEAD RIVER INCLUDING BIG BAY. ELECTRICITY 
ALONG WITH EMERGENCY AND NORMAL PHONE SERVICE ARE OUT IN POWELL 
TOWNSHIP. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN DUE TO DOWNED POWER 
LINES AND SUSPENDED OPERATIONS AT POWER GENERATING FACILITIES.

NUMEROUS BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ARE WASHED OUT DOWNSTREAM OF SILVER 
LAKE...AND WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH IN THE DEAD RIVER STORAGE BASIN. 
THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE CLOSED...COUNTY ROAD AAT KNOWN AS MULLIGAN 
ROAD...COUNTY ROAD AAO AT THE DEAD RIVER BRIDGE...FORESTVILLE 
ROAD...COUNTY ROAD HD...COUNTY ROAD 510 AT THE STEEL BRIDGE...WRIGHT 
STREET FROM COMMERCE TO ONTARIO STREET...AND ROADS NORTH OF WRIGHT 
STREET. LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD IS CLOSED FROM HAWLEY STREET 
NORTH...AND COUNTY ROAD 550 IS ALSO CLOSED. THE BOAT LAUNCH ON 
FORESTVILLE ROAD IS UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. PEOPLE LIVING 
ALONG THE DEAD RIVER BASIN BETWEEN SILVER LAKE AND FORESTVILLE ROAD 
HAVE BEEN EVACUATED.

THE EVACUATION AREA NORTH OF WRIGHT STREET IN THE CITY OF MARQUETTE 
INCLUDES 1742 RESIDENTS...AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES 485 ACRES... AND 
A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDING 806 
BUILDINGS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 800 PM EDT OR SOONER.

IF ADDITIONAL EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY...FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 
PROVIDED BY YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE 
ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KMQT 160001
FFSMQT
MIC103-160010-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
800 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT HAS 
BEEN REPLACED BY A FLOOD WARNING...

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING 
FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY...ALONG THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH 
MARQUETTE TO LAKE SUPERIOR...

REFER TO PRODUCT WGUS43 KMQT FLWMQT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE 
FLOOD WARNING.

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
455 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

MAIN FCST CONCERNS ARE PCPN CHANCES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG WITH
CLOUDS/TEMPS.

WV IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS INDICATED MID LVL LOW OVER NE BENEATH
BLOCKING RIDGE FROM HUDSON BAY INTO NRN ONTARIO. STRONG SHRTWV
LOCATED OVER SE IA WAS MOVING SE INTO IL AS STRONG 110KT H25 JET
MOVES FROM THE CNTRL PLAINS TOWARD THE LWR MS VALLEY. AT THE
SFC...LOW PRES WAS LOCATED OVER WRN IL WITH A WARM FRONT TO TH ESE
TOWARD SRN OHIO WHILE AN INVERTED TROF EXTENDED TO THE NW THROUGH
CNTRL IA INTO SW MN. IR LOOP SHOWED A FEW MID/HI CLDS BRUSHING SRN
UPR MI ON THE NRN FRINGE OF MID LVL LO TO THE SOUTH.

TODAY...THE ETA PERSISTS IN GENERATING LIGHT CONVECTIVE PCPN FROM
ERN INTO CNTRL UPR MI. WITH ONLY WEAK QG FORCING...LITTLE OR NO
CAPE...AND RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...AND ETA TENDENCY TO
MOISTEN LOW LVLS TOO MUCH(FCST DEWPOINTS INTO THE UPPER 40S
F)...EXPECT ANY PCPN WOULD AMOUNT TO LITTLE MORE THAN SPRINKLES AND
HAVE NOT INCLUDED IN FCST.

TONIGHT INTO FRI...MDLS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPMENT
OF NEG TILT TROF AS SHRTWV PIVOTS TOWARD THE ERN CONUS AND RDG
REMAINS OVER NE CANADA. AS A RESULT...MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN TO THE
WEST AND MODERATE QVECTOR CONV WILL DEVELOP FROM LK HURON TOWARD ERN
UPR MI. ETA WITH A SLIGHTLY SHARPER TROF AND SHEAR AXIS GENERATES A
BIT MORE QPF THAN THE LESS DEFINED GFS/CANADIAN/UKMET. WITH
REMAINING UNCERTAINTY ON WHERE BEST FORCING WILL DEVELOP...HAVE ONLY
INCLUDED CHANCE POPS FOR THE ERN CWA. MOISTURE ADVECTION ASSOCIATED
WITH INVERTED TROF SHOULD BRING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...PER ETA/GFS
FCST RH. MORE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPS IN THE
50S TO LOWER 60S F.

MONDAY...GFS LOOKS LIKE REASONABLE COMPROMISE BTWN FASTER CANADIAN
AND SLOWER ECMWF WITH PROGRESS OF MID LVL TROF...COLD FRONT AND
ASSOCIATED PCPN CHANCES. SO...SHRA CHANCES INCLUDED FOR WEST HLF OF
UPR MI FOR LATE MON.

COORD WITH NCRFC...THANKS.

.MQT...FLASH FLOOD WARNING MIZ005 ALONG DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE
       TO CITY OF MARQUETTE.

JLB

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-161200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
717 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY...ON
THE DEAD RIVER FROM SILVER LAKE THROUGH THE CITY OF MARQUETTE TO
LAKE SUPERIOR DUE TO WATER FLOWING FREELY OUT OF SILVER LAKE.

A FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE MENOMINEE RIVER IN
MENOMINEE COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY
WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP RIVER LEVELS HIGH. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. NO ADDITIONAL
RAIN IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THIS WEEK WHICH SHOULD ALLOW WATER
LEVELS TO FALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MQT (ALL LOWER CASE)

MRD