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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

930 AM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 

EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

     GRAND TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA



A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE BOARDMAN RIVER IN GRAND 

TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA COUNTIES. THE MAIN PROBLEMS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 

BROWN BRIDGE AND MAYFIELD IN GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY.



HEAVY RAIN FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...COMBINED WITH SNOWMELT 

OF THE PAST WEEK HAS BROUGHT THE BOARDMAN RIVER TO NEAR BANKFULL. 

ADDITIONAL RISES FROM LAST NIGHTS RAIN COULD BRING THE RIVER OUT OF 

ITS BANKS. 



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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