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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

740 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSCODA COUNTY...



AT 720 PM EDT...THE OSCODA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGHER THAN

NORMAL WATER LEVELS...WITH MINOR FLOODING...ALONG THE AU SABLE 

RIVER BETWEEN MIO AND MCKINLEY. HOWEVER...HIGH RIVER LEVELS HAD 

NOT YET IMPACTED HOMES AND COTTAGES NEAR THE RIVER...INCLUDING THE 

COMINS FLATS AREA OR AT THE END OF WEAVER ROAD.



LATEST INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE TO 

RELEASE WATER FROM THE MIO DAM TONIGHT...SO HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE

TO THREATEN HOMES AND COTTAGES NEAR THE AU SABLE RIVER BETWEEN MIO 

AND MCKINLEY. THUS...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE 

AREAS UNTIL NOON FRIDAY.  



IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING NEAR THE AU SABLE RIVER TONIGHT...DO NOT 

DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS RUNNING ACROSS A ROAD...AS THE WATER 

MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.



ROWLEY

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