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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

855 AM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN

     MACKINAC AND CHIPPEWA



A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE PINE RIVER FROM RUDYARD TO 

ST. MARTIN BAY.



THE RIVER GAGE ON THE PINE RIVER AT RUDYARD IS NOW AT 14.5 FEET 

WHICH IS 3.5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. CHIPPEWA COUNTY DISPATCH 

REPORTED THAT THE RIVER IS 3 FEET BELOW THE ROAD SURFACE OF THE 

BRIDGE AT OLD MACKINAW TRAIL.  



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

RIVER RISES WILL BE SLOW AS FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

HOWEVER...RESIDENTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD BEGIN EVACUATION

PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY AND BE READY TO RELOCATE TO HIGHER GROUND

BEFORE THE FLOODING OCCURS.

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