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FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

500 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING ALONG THE 

MANISTEE RIVER IN WEXFORD AND MANISTEE COUNTIES...



THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING 

ACROSS THE MANISTEE RIVER BASIN HAS CAUSED THE RIVER TO RISE. THE 

MANISTEE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO ALMOST ONE FOOT ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE NEAR MANISTEE BY THIS EVENING. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IN WEXFORD AND MANISTEE COUNTIES REPORTED

HIGH WATER BUT NO FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

HOWEVER...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THIS MORNING...AND 

MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED NEAR THE RIVER THIS MORNING THROUGH 

FRIDAY EVENING. THEN...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE BELOW FLOOD 

STAGE.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. RIVER RISES WILL BE 

SLOW...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...

RESIDENTS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER BETWEEN SHERMAN AND MANISTEE 

SHOULD PREPARE FOR MINOR FLOODING.

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