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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1041 PM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018

...The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a flood warning
for the following rivers in Michigan...

  Rifle River near Sterling AFFECTING Arenac County

.Occasional rainfall has kept the Rifle River at elevated levels
since Monday. Wednesdays rainfall, averaging half an inch to an 
inch in the basin, is expected to push the Rifle River near
Sterling above flood stage Thursday morning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Safety message...

Persons in the warned areas should take steps to protect property 
from rising water levels.

The National Weather Service in Gaylord will issue another statement 
on this developing situation Thursday morning, or as new 
information becomes available.

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MIC011-111440-
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1041 PM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a 

* Flood Warning for 
  The Rifle River near Sterling.
* from Thursday morning to late Friday night....
* At 10:30 PM Wednesday the stage was 5.2 feet.
* Flood stage is 6.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by tomorrow morning and continue 
  to rise to near 6.9 feet by tomorrow evening.the river will fall 
  below flood stage by Friday evening.
* Impact...At 6.0 feet...High water begins to impact canoe livery at 
  River View Campground.

 
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                   FLD      OBSERVED               FORECAST 7AM
LOCATION           STG    STG  DAY  TIME       Thu     Fri     Sat

Rifle River
  Sterling           6    5.2  Wed 10 PM       6.8     5.5     4.6


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LAT...LON 4399 8384 4407 8408 4416 8408 4416 8398
      4408 8384 4399 8379             



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JZ