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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

250 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

     WEXFORD AND MANISTEE



THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER BETWEEN 

SHERMAN AND MANISTEE.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE 

HEADWATERS OF THE MANISTEE...IN A TWENTY FOUR PERIOD ENDING 900 AM THIS 

MORNING. THIS AND RECENT SNOWMELT HAS BROUGHT THE MANISTEE RIVER TO ABOVE 

BANKFULL IN MANY LOCATIONS. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE RIVER 

AT MANISTEE WILL CREST AROUND 8.9 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 



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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