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FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

148 PM 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 THIS EVENING. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IN WEXFORD AND MANISTEE COUNTIES REPORTED

HIGH WATER ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER. A FEW AREAS NORTHEAST OF 

MANISTEE HAVE REPORTED WATER RUNNING INTO SOME BACKYARDS...BUT HAVE 

REPORTED NO FLOODING OF LOCAL HOMES ALONG THE RIVER. HOWEVER...THE 

RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE...AND MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED 

NEAR THE RIVER THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO 

RECEDE BELOW FLOOD STAGE THEREAFTER.



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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