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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1145 AM EDT THU APR 12 2001



...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MACKINAC AND CHIPPEWA

COUNTIES...



SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 200 

PM...HOWEVER THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ALREADY PASSED TO THE 

NORTHEAST. AN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNT UNDER ONE QUARTER INCH IS

EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN INTO THIS EVENING.



THE LATEST REPORTS FROM COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOW THAT WATER LEVELS 

ALONG THE PINE RIVER REMAIN HIGH BUT HAVE STABILIZED. MANY SIDE 

ROADS IN EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY AND ON SUGAR ISLAND HAVE WASHOUTS.



PERSONS IN CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO ROADS 

WITH WASHOUTS...AND ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO WATER CROSSING THE 

ROAD WAYS AS IT MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.



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