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FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

540 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY ALONG THE MANISTEE 

RIVER IN WEXFORD AND MANISTEE COUNTIES...



MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE 

MANISTEE RIVER ACROSS WEXFORD AND MANISTEE COUNTIES.  RIVER LEVELS 

CONTINUE TO FALL SLOWLY...AND ANOTHER DRY AFTERNOON WILL ALLOW THIS 

TREND TO CONTINUE.  HOWEVER SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ADJACENT 

TO THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AS IT MAY TAKE 

ANOTHER 24 TO 48 HOURS FOR THE RIVER TO COMPLETELY RETURN TO ITS BANKS.



AVOID FLOODED AREAS ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS 

ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER...AND WILL ISSUE ANOTHER STATEMENT SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON AS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.



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