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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPO

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

1004 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2002



...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER IN BENZIE 

COUNTY UNTIL NOON EDT...



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PERSONS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER 

AROUND HONOR IN BENZIE COUNTY UNTIL NOON EDT.  AT 945 AM EDT..THE 

STAGE ON THE PLATTE RIVER AT HONOR WAS 3.43 FEET...AFTER A CREST OF 

4.27 FEET AROUND 400 AM EDT.  THE BENZIE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT 

REPORTED THAT THE RIVER WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AROUND HONOR...WITH 

WATER FLOODING YARDS AND APPROACHING SEVERAL RESIDENCES.



THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WITHIN THE PLATTE RIVER 

BASIN HAS ENDED...AND THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH 

THE MORNING HOURS AND RETURN TO ITS BANKS LATER TODAY.  PERSONS SHOULD 

STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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