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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1245 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA

COUNTIES...



SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 600

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

NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNDER ONE QUARTER INCH ARE

EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON.



THE LATEST REPORTS FROM COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOW THAT WATER LEVELS

ALONG THE BOARDMAN RIVER REMAIN HIGH BUT HAVE STABILIZED. REPORTS ALSO

SHOW WATER LEVELS HAVE EVEN RECEDED SLIGHTLY ON A FEW CREEKS ALONG 

THE RIVER. 



PERSONS IN KALKASKA AND GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO 

THE HIGH WATER LEVELS...AND ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO WATER 

CROSSING THE ROAD WAYS AS IT MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.



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