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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

816 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2001



...HIGH WATER LEVELS PERSIST TONIGHT ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER...



WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER IN WEXFORD AND 

MANISTEE COUNTIES THIS EVENING.  MINOR FLOODING OF AREAS ADJACENT TO 

THE RIVER IS OCCURRING NEAR SHERMAN AND MESICK...AND DOWNSTREAM OF 

TIPPY DAM IN MANISTEE COUNTY.



RIVER LEVELS HAVE REMAINED STEADY SINCE MONDAY EVENING...AND THIS IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.  MORE RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR 

WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL 

EXPECTED OVER THE BASIN BY THURSDAY MORNING.  THIS COULD RESULT IN 

ANOTHER RISE IN WATER LEVELS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 



PERSONS LIVING OR WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER IN WEXFORD 

AND MANISTEE COUNTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO 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 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



JPB

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