

000 

@RUKWBCe	KDENWGUS53 KAPX 121709

FFWAPN

MIC135-141600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1255 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING

EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY.



IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

     OSCODA



A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE AU SABLE RIVER BETWEEN 

MIO AND MCKINLEY.



RAINFALL IN THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS HAS BEEN BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF TO 

TWO AND A HALF INCHES ACROSS THE HEADWATERS OF THE AU SABLE AND UPSTREAM

OF MIO DAM. OFFICIALS AT THE MIO DAM SAY THEY ARE SPILLING WATER AND EXPECT 

WATER LEVELS TO AFFECT HOMES AND COTTAGES IN THE COMINS FLATS AREA THIS

AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALSO...WATER LEVELS WILL BE CLOSE TO HOMES AT THE

END OF WEAVER ROAD.



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.



SWR

