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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1045 AM EDT TUE APR 10 2001



...RIVER LEVELS REMAIN ELEVATED ON THE MANISTEE RIVER...



RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER IN WEXFORD AND MANISTEE 

COUNTIES REMAIN HIGH THIS MORNING.  SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 

IN LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER AROUND SHERMAN AND MESICK 

IN WEXFORD COUNTY...AND BETWEEN TIPPY DAM AND MANISTEE IN MANISTEE 

COUNTY.  



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL LOWER 

MICHIGAN SINCE FRIDAY...COMBINED WITH RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT IN UPPER 

PORTIONS OF THE MANISTEE RIVER BASIN ACROSS OTSEGO AND KALKASKA 

COUNTIES...HAVE LED TO THE CURRENT HIGH RIVER STAGES.  RIVER STAGES 

ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY THROUGH THURSDAY. HOWEVER... 

WITH AN INCREASED THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT 

THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL RISE IN 

RIVER LEVELS ONCE AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.  



PERSONS LIVING OR WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER ACROSS 

WEXFORD AND MANISTEE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS...AND BE 

PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN OR A 

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.  



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD WILL ISSUE ANOTHER STATEMENT 

ON CONDITIONS IN THE MANISTEE RIVER BASIN AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING.  



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