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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

120 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 

EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDDAY SUNDAY FOR PERSONS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER 

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:



IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

     GRAND TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA



WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG THE BOARDMAN RIVER THIS 

AFTERNOON DUE TO RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY 

NIGHT. WATER LEVELS ARE RISING VERY SLOWLY AND SHOULD SOON BEGIN TO 

RECEDE. HOWEVER...THE RIVER SHOULD REMAIN AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL THROUGH

MIDDAY SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO 

THE RIVER WILL ALSO CONTINUE.  



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

RIVER RISES WILL BE SLOW AS FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

HOWEVER...RESIDENTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD BEGIN EVACUATION

PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY AND BE READY TO RELOCATE TO HIGHER GROUND 

BEFORE THE FLOODING OCCURS. STATEMENTS REGARDING THE FLOODING WILL

BE ISSUED REGULARLY.



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