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FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1205 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY ALONG 

THE MANISTEE RIVER IN WEXFORD AND MANISTEE COUNTIES...



MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER IN WEXFORD AND 

MANISTEE COUNTIES.  SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR MANISTEE 

AND SHERMAN...AS WELL AS ALONG BEAR CREEK.  



WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STEADY THROUGH SATURDAY 

THEN BEGIN A SLOW FALL.  NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AND 

THIS WILL GIVE RIVERS AND SOILS A CHANCE TO RECOVER FROM RECENT 

HEAVY RAINS.  



PERSONS SHOULD AVOID FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER.  THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR 

CONDITIONS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER...AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER 

STATEMENT LATE THIS EVENING.



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