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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME OF STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

550 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



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

COUNTIES...



AT 4 PM EDT...THE STAGE OF THE PINE RIVER AT RUDYARD WAS 13.73

FEET...1.73 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FEET. THE RIVER LEVEL

HAD DECREASED FROM A CREST OF OVER 14 FEET THURSDAY MORNING. THE

RIVER LEVEL IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY FALL TONIGHT. HOWEVER...

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE RIVER IN CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC 

COUNTIES TONIGHT.



MORE SPECIFIC RIVER LEVEL INFORMATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT

STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY 10 PM THIS EVENING. 



IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING NEAR THE PINE RIVER TONIGHT...REMAIN ALERT FOR

WASHED OUT ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS RUNNING

ACROSS A ROAD...AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.



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