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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

546 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2001



...FLOOD WATCH DISCONTINUED ALONG ONTONAGON RIVER...



AUTOMATED RIVER GAUGES ON THE ONTONAGON RIVER AT ROCKLAND SHOW THE

RIVER LEVEL HAS RECEDED TO NEARLY A FOOT BELOW BANKFULL AS OF 4 PM

THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LEVEL IS DOWN FROM THIS MORNINGS READING OF

12.13 FEET...WHICH WAS JUST BELOW BANKFUL. DUE TO THE CONSTANT

DECREASING TREND OF THE RIVER LEVEL AT ROCKLAND...AND A REPORT FROM

THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER INDICATING THAT NO FLOODING WAS

OCCURRING IN THE VILLAGE OF ONTONAGON AND NO ICE JAMES WERE

IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ONTONAGON RIVER HAS

BEEN TERMINATED.



RESIDENTS ALONG THE ONTONAGON RIVER SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE

POSSIBILITY OF MINOR FLOODING AS THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO

FLUCTUATE WITH ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT OR PRECIPITATION THAT TAKES

PLACE THIS WEEK...ESPECIALLY IF ANY ICE JAMS DO FORM.



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JLA/ROLFSON

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