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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

706 AM EDT MON APR 9 2001



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES TODAY FOR THE CHOCOLAY RIVER IN NORTHEAST 

MARQUETTE COUNTY...



THE CHOCOLAY RIVER REMAINS OUT OF ITS BANKS FROM NEAR THE M-28 

BRIDGE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. THE FISHING PIER AND PUBLIC ACCESS PARKING 

SITE NEAR THE M-28 BRIDGE HAS BEEN FLOODED. AT THIS TIME...NO HOMES 

HAVE BEEN FLOODED.



THE RIVER HAS RISEN OVER A FOOT SINCE SUNDAY MORNING...AND A SLOW  

ADDITIONAL RISE OF LESS THAN 1 FOOT MAY OCCUR TODAY. ONLY LIGHT 

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. THIS ALONG WITH 

COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S SHOULD LEAD TO A GRADUAL 

FALL IN THE RIVER LEVEL BEGINNING LATE MONDAY. 



IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW-LYING AREA ALONG THE CHOCOLAY RIVER OR NEAR A 

DRAINAGE INTO THE CHOCOLAY RIVER...BE ALERT FOR RISING WATERS TODAY 

AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. STAY TUNED TO 

NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS FOR THE 

LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON FLOODING ALONG THE CHOCOLAY RIVER.



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