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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

143 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AU SABLE RIVER IN OSCODA COUNTY HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED...

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

MACKINAC COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE MANISTEE RIVER IN MANISTEE AND 

WEXFORD COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

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

AND WEXFORD COUNTY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...



WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH ON SEVERAL RIVERS ACROSS EASTERN UPPER AND 

NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT 

ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE.



THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AU SABLE RIVER BETWEEN MIO AND MCKINLEY IN 

OSCODA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ON THE AU SABLE RIVER NEAR 

MIO...RIVER LEVELS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEDE. THE RIVER STAGE AT MIO AT 

NOON WAS 4.80 FEET. MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE RIVER 

...IN THE COMINS FLATS AREA...BUT IS NOT THREATENING ANY OF THE 

COTTAGES ALONG THE RIVER. THE RIVER GAGES UPSTREAM OF MIO ARE 

SHOWING THAT THE RIVER LEVELS ARE RECEDING THERE AS WELL SO THE 

FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



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 NOON WAS 12.07 

FEET. MINOR FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF RUDYARD WILL 

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

TO CONTINUE DROPPING.



WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER DUE TO RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. RIVER LEVELS ARE 

HIGH ENOUGH TO BEGIN IMPACTING HOMES ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM OF THE 

M-37 BRIDGE NORTH OF SHERMAN. ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS 

ADJACENT TO THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE AS THE RIVER CONTINUES TO SLOWLY 

RISE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.



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.  



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 MANISTEE RIVERS WILL BE 

ISSUED AROUND 700 PM FRIDAY EVENING.



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