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FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

845 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 MANISTEE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO 1.2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 

NEAR MANISTEE OVERNIGHT...AND THE RIVER WILL HOLD NEAR THAT LEVEL

UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IN MANISTEE COUNTY REPORTED MINOR 

BACKWATER FLOODING AT THE CONFLUENCE OF BEAR CREEK AND THE MANISTEE 

RIVER. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...WATER WAS RUNNING INTO SOME 

BACKYARDS NORTHEAST OF MANISTEE. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO 

SLOWLY RISE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM FROM SHERMAN...AND 

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE RIVER...AS WELL AS IN CREEKS

THAT FLOW INTO 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 EXPECT 

MINOR FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY.



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