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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

340 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM...



AT 320 PM EDT... INFORMATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

INDICATED THAT FLOODING CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF LAKE COUNTY. 

SPECIFICALLY... FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE 

BALDWIN RIVER... SANBORN CREEK... LITTLE MANISTEE RIVER... AND THE 

UPPER REACHES OF THE PERE MARQUETTE RIVER. FLOOD WATERS HAVE 

RESULTED IN THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF 40TH STREET JUST NORTH OF 

BALDWIN... AND FRANK SMITH ROAD WHERE IT CROSSES THE LITTLE MANISTEE 

RIVER JUST SOUTHEAST OF LUTHER.



THIS FLOODING IS THE RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH OCCURRED AS 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA LAST NIGHT. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF 

LAKE COUNTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SPOTTER IN BITELY REPORTED 2.25 

INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. WATER LEVELS IN THE CREEKS AND SMALLER 

RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE THE 

WATER FINDS ITS WAY INTO THE LARGER RIVERS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY... AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH BARRICADES OR ONTO CLOSED ROADS.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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