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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1150 PM EDT THU APR 12 2001



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



THE OSCODA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER 

LEVELS...WITH MINOR FLOODING...ALONG THE AU SABLE RIVER BETWEEN MIO 

AND MCKINLEY THURSDAY EVENING. 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 OVERNIGHT...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 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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