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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
153 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ARENAC COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* AT 153 PM EDT, COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DEBRIS REMOVAL
RESULTING IN RAPID WATER RISES ALONG THE RIFLE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF
OMER.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING FROM RAPID WATER
RISES.
SOURCE...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS ALONG THE
RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE BRIDGE AT US-23 IN OMER.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
OMER.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE RIFLE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN LOW LYING AREAS BELOW THE YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY. FOLLOW EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY YOUR
LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS. CALL 911 IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4399 8376 4398 8378 4399 8379 4399 8380
4400 8380 4400 8381 4400 8382 4404 8386
4405 8386 4405 8385 4404 8385 4401 8379
4399 8377
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MJG
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