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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1135 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KALKASKA AND GRAND TRAVERSE

COUNTIES...



AT 8 PM EDT...THE STAGE OF THE BOARDMAN RIVER AT MAYFIELD WAS 5.04

FEET. THE REPRESENTED A SLIGHT RISE IN THE RIVER LEVEL SINCE

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.



THE KALKASKA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED MINOR FLOODING 

NEAR THE RIVER IN THAT COUNTY THIS EVENING.



DUE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL IN THE RIVER BASIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT 

AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO RISE 

OVERNIGHT. THE LATEST FORECAST CALLS FOR A CREST OF 7.1 FEET 

AT MAYFIELD FRIDAY AFTERNOON...1.1 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THIS

WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR THE RIVER IN KALKASKA AND GRAND TRAVERSE

COUNTIES. 



IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING NEAR THE BOARDMAN RIVER OVERNIGHT...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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