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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1235 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2001



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

AND WEXFORD COUNTIES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR AREAS 

ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER IN WEXFORD AND MANISTEE COUNTIES.  



RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH 

TODAY...WITH CONTINUED MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT 

TO THE RIVER.



THE RIVER STAGE AT MIDDAY NEAR SHERMAN WAS 15.16 FEET... AND HAS 

REMAINED STEADY AT THIS STAGE SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  AT THESE 

LEVELS... WATER WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PROPERTY ALONG THE RIVER 

UPSTREAM OF THE M-37 BRIDGE NORTH OF SHERMAN.



LITTLE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER UPPER PORTIONS OF THE 

MANISTEE RIVER BASIN THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEREFORE RIVER LEVELS 

WILL LIKELY REMAIN STEADY OR MAY BEGIN TO FALL SLOWLY OVER THE NEXT 24 

HOURS.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 

RIVER CONDITIONS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER...AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER 

STATEMENT REGARDING FLOODING ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER BY 10 PM 

SATURDAY.



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