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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

627 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES



IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

     WEXFORD AND MANISTEE



A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER FROM 

SHERMAN TO MANISTEE.



THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL LAST NIGHT IN THE MANISTEE RIVER BASIN HAS 

CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE. THE LATEST RIVER FORECAST HAS THE MANISTEE 

RIVER RISING TO JUST AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY 

EVENING NEAR THE TOWN OF MANISTEE. CALLS TO WEXFORD AND MANISTEE 

COUNTY DISPATCH OFFICES INDICATE THAT LITTLE FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TONIGHT... 

AND MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.  

THEN...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE.



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 PREPARE FOR MINOR 

FLOODING.

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