972  
WGUS43 KAPX 060017  
FLWAPX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
817 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2023  
 
MIC001-069-060615-  
/O.NEW.KAPX.FA.W.0001.230706T0017Z-230706T0615Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ALCONA MI-IOSCO MI-  
817 PM EDT WED JUL 5 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT THURSDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, ALCONA AND IOSCO.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 215 AM EDT THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM  
EARLIER RAINFALL.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 811 PM EDT, SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES  
INDICATE UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 300PM ACROSS  
NORTHEAST IOSCO...AND SOUTHEAST ALCONA COUNTIES. STREAMFLOWS  
AND STAGES HAVE INCREASED ON AREAS RIVER AS A RESULT.  
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE SPREADING INTO THE AREA THROUGH  
THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE THE RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE  
NEARLY AS INTENSE AND PERSISTENT AS IT WAS DURING THE  
AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL 0.25 TO 0.75 INCH OF RAIN IS  
EXPECTED BETWEEN 900PM AND MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE  
THREAT FOR FLOODING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY.  
 
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
TRIBUTARIES TO THE AU SABLE AND PINE RIVERS, BLACK RIVER, VAN  
ETTEN CREEK.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
OSCODA, HARRISVILLE, AU SABLE, HARRISVILLE STATE PARK, AND  
BARTON CITY.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES  
THE ROADWAY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4469 8362 4476 8346 4480 8327 4478 8325  
4475 8325 4473 8322 4471 8322 4461 8326  
4445 8327 4441 8331 4440 8346 4447 8363  
 

 
 
JPB  
 
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