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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1145 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MANISTEE AND WEXFORD

COUNTIES...



AT 8 PM EDT...THE STAGE OF THE MANISTEE RIVER AT MAYFIELD WAS 

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

THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MANISTEE RIVER GAGES AT MESICK AND WELLSTON 

ALSO SHOWED A SLIGHT RISE IN WATER LEVELS SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



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

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

SLOWLY RISE OVERNIGHT. THE LATEST FORECAST CALLS FOR A CREST OF 

8.9 FEET AT MANISTEE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...1.9 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. 

THIS WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS NEAR THE RIVER IN WEXFORD AND MANISTEE 

COUNTIES. 



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