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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1130 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR GRAND TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA COUNTIES HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED...



FRIDAY EVENING...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND UTILITY AUTHORITIES IN GRAND 

TRAVERSE AND KALKASKA COUNTIES REPORTED NO FLOODING ALONG THE

BOARDMAN RIVER. FURTHER...THE RIVER STAGE AT MAYFIELD HAD RISEN 

ONLY SLIGHTLY SINCE EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...AND LATEST FORECAST

INFORMATION INDICATES THAT RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT

WILL ONLY CAUSE THE RIVER LEVEL AT MAYFIELD TO RISE AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TENTH OF A FOOT BY SATURDAY MORNING. THEN...THE RIVER LEVEL 

AT MAYFIELD WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY FALL SUNDAY.



BASED ON THESE REPORTS AND TRENDS...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BOARDMAN 

RIVER IN KALKASKA AND GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS NEAR THE BOARDMAN RIVER...YOU SHOULD CONTINUE

TO MONITOR RIVER LEVELS THIS WEEKEND.



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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1130 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2001



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

WEXFORD COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...



WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH ON THE MANISTEE RIVER DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT.



WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER. 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS MINOR FLOODING IN THE BACK YARDS OF 

HOMES ALONG THE RIVER UPSTREAM OF THE M-37 BRIDGE NORTH OF SHERMAN. 

THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE FROM 15.16 FEET THIS EVENING TO 

BETWEEN 16 AND 16.5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING NEAR SHERMAN. FURTHER 

DOWNSTREAM...INTO MANISTEE COUNTY...RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 



PERSONS LIVING ALONG FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF THE MANISTEE RIVER 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 MANISTEE RIVER WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM 

SATURDAY MORNING.



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