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FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1210 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001



A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT THE 

MANISTEE RIVER IN MANISTEE REMAINED NEAR BANKFULL MONDAY MORNING...

WITH LITTLE CHANGE SINCE SUNDAY MORNING.  ALSO...LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AUTHORITIES IN MANISTEE COUNTY REPORTED NO FLOODING NEAR THE RIVER 

EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...UPSTREAM AT SHERMAN IN WEXFORD 

COUNTY...THE LEVEL OF THE MANISTEE RIVER HAD LEVELED OFF AT JUST 

UNDER 13.4 FEET THIS MORNING.



DUE TO RESIDUAL AFFECTS OF RECENT RAINFALL...THE LEVEL OF THE 

MANISTEE RIVER AT MANISTEE IS FORECAST TO RISE SLIGHTLY...TWO TENTHS 

OF A FOOT...THROUGH TUESDAY. THEN...THE RIVER LEVEL IS FORECAST TO 

START A GRADUAL DECLINE WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED IN 

THE RIVER BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT AND IS 

NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT RIVER LEVELS.



CURRENT CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT THE FORECAST RISE OF THE RIVER LEVEL 

WILL NOT PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG THE MANISTEE RIVER. HOWEVER...THE 

RIVER WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO BANKFULL...AND MINOR FLUCTUATIONS IN 

RIVER LEVELS COULD PUSH THE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS...ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM FROM SHERMAN...PRODUCING MINOR 

FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS. 



IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS NEAR THE MANISTEE RIVER OR ITS TRIBUTARIES...

MONITOR RIVER LEVELS THROUGH MIDWEEK...AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER 

RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PREPARE 

FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF MINOR FLOODING. 



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