000 WGUS53 KAPX 192100 FFWAPX MIC051-200100- /O.NEW.KAPX.FF.W.0006.120819T2100Z-120820T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 500 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GLADWIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW NEW RAINFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF GLADWIN COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GLADWIN...BEAVERTON...HOCKADAY...RHODES...SKEELS...WINEGARS AND WOODEN SHOE VILLAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4415 8419 4383 8418 4383 8460 4415 8460 $$