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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

707 AM EDT FRI APR 13 2001



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE PINE RIVER IN CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC 

COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE BOARDMAN RIVER IN GRAND TRAVERSE AND 

KALKASKA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE AU SABLE RIVER IN OSCODA COUNTY 

UNTIL MIDDAY...



WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH ON SEVERAL RIVERS ACROSS EASTERN UPPER AND 

NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE PINE 

RIVER IN CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES.  THE PINE RIVER NEAR RUDYARD 

IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...WITH A FLOOD STAGE OF 11.0 FEET...CONTINUES TO 

FALL SLOWLY.  THE RIVER STAGE AT 600 AM THIS MORNING WAS 12.68 FEET.  

MINOR FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF RUDYARD WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

DROPPING.



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE 

BOARDMAN RIVER IN GRAND TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA COUNTIES.  THE BOARDMAN 

RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE SLOWLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE RIVER OUT OF ITS 

BANKS IN SEVERAL AREAS ACROSS GRAND TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA COUNTIES.  

WATER LEVELS ON THE BOARDMAN RIVER ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE A SLOW RISE 

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDDAY FOR THE AU SABLE RIVER 

BETWEEN MIO AND MCKINLEY IN OSCODA COUNTY.  ON THE AU SABLE RIVER NEAR 

MIO...RIVER LEVELS HAVE REMAINED STEADY SINCE THURSDAY EVENING.  THE 

RIVER STAGE AT MIO AT 600 AM THIS MORNING WAS 4.80 FEET.  MINOR 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE RIVER BETWEEN MIO AND MCKINLEY... 

HOWEVER HIGH RIVER LEVELS HAD NOT YET IMPACTED HOMES AND COTTAGES NEAR 

THE RIVER...INCLUDING IN THE COMINS FLATS AREA.



PERSONS LIVING ALONG FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF THESE RIVERS SHOULD TAKE 

STEPS NOW TO PROTECT PROPERTY FROM RISING WATER LEVELS.  BE PREPARED TO 

TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN GAYLORD WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT 

NORTHERN MICHIGAN...ANOTHER STATEMENT REGARDING RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE 

PINE...BOARDMAN...AND AU SABLE RIVERS WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 100 PM 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON.



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