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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

550 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN

     WEXFORD AND MANISTEE



A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER FROM 

SHERMAN TO MANISTEE.



HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS PAST TUESDAY 

AND WEDNESDAY...WHICH FORCED THE MANISTEE RIVER ABOVE BANKFULL IN 

MANY LOCATIONS BETWEEN SHERMAN AND MANISTEE. CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM 

THESE HEAVY RAINS IS KEEPING THE RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS IN MANY 

LOCATIONS. 



THE STAGE OF THE MANISTEE RIVER AT MANISTEE...IS FORECAST TO REMAIN

AROUND 7.7 FEET INTO SUNDAY MORNING WHICH IS 0.7 FEET ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY NIGHT.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

RESIDENTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD PREPARE FOR MINOR FLOODING.



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