Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

Issued

Aug 2, 2004, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Gaylord, MI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mackinac County, MI

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KAPX 021802
FFWAPX
MIC097-022200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
200 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 150 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
  CONTINUE TO REPORT SECTIONS OF SEVERAL ROADS WASHED OUT ACROSS 
  MACKINAC COUNTY...DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER 
  TODAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE    
  WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY EXACERBATE THE ONGOING 
  FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EPOUFETTE...BREVORT...AND SAINT IGNACE.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL 
OCCURRED ACROSS PARTS OF MACKINAC COUNTY EARLIER TODAY.

NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
GAYLORD.

LAT...LON 4597 8440 4601 8443 4605 8466 4586 8480
      4603 8502 4613 8540 4613 8552 4598 8566
      4598 8584 4624 8583 4621 8516 4615 8511
      4615 8436 4608 8436 4607 8424 4600 8424
      4599 8414

$$

000 
WGUS73 KAPX 021944
FFSAPX
MIC097-022200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
345 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MACKINAC COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MACKINAC COUNTY UNTIL 
600 PM. AT 345 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS 
MACKINAC COUNTY...OVER THE SAME AREAS WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES 
FROM EARLIER TODAY INDICATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WASHED OUT ONE THIRD OF US-2 AT THE 
WEST APPROACH TO THE CUT RIVER BRIDGE...JUST EAST OF EPOUFETTE. A 
PORTION OF THE EPOUFETTE BAY ROAD WAS ALSO WASHED OUT...JUST SOUTH 
OF EPOUFETTE OFF OF US-2. 

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION IN MACKINAC 
COUNTY. REMEMBER THAT ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT MOST 
AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4615 8554 4589 8543 4583 8446 4612 8440

$$

000 
WGUS73 KAPX 022209
FFSAPX
MIC097-022300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
600 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MACKINAC COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE...

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF EARLIER TODAY THAT PRODUCED RADAR 
ESTIMATES OVER NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER MACKINAC COUNTY HAVE 
MOVED EAST. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE WATERS 
HAVE RECEDED AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MACKINAC COUNTY HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST 
WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4619 8554 4602 8547 4612 8483 4612 8493

$$

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