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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

953 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 

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

TO THE RIVER.



THE RIVER STAGE NEAR SHERMAN ROSE SLIGHTLY TO 15.21 FEET THIS EVENING...

FROM A PREVIOUS STAGE OF 15.16 FEET EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS

LEVEL...WATER WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PROPERTY UPSTREAM OF THE M-37 

BRIDGE NORTH OF SHERMAN.



LITTLE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN THE HEADWATERS AND ALONG THE

MANISTEE RIVER BASIN THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE RIVER 

LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY OR BEGIN FALLING 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 THIS SITUATION BY 800 AM SUNDAY.



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