Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1122 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
231200-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
1122 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT.

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
OVERNIGHT.

IN PARTICULAR...THE RIFLE RIVER NEAR STERLING IS FORECAST TO REACH
FLOOD STAGE VERY LATE TONIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING
FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL LEAD TO RISES ON AREA
STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. IN PARTICULAR...THE RIFLE
RIVER NEAR STERLING WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

UNSEASONABLY CHILLY AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. FROST OR FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY NIGHTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND LOW TEMPERATURES THE NEXT
FEW MORNINGS. REPORTS MAY BE MADE ONE OF THREE WAYS:

BY PHONE: 1-800-647-8676 (REPORTS ONLY PLEASE...NO FORECASTS)

BY FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.GAYLORD.GOV

BY TWITTER: TWITTER.COM/NWSGAYLORD

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FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD.

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ADAM/LAWRENCE

Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1200 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

MIZ026-230600-
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY...TRAVERSE CITY-
1200 AM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
AT  1 AM...PATCHY DENSE FOG. SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE 53. NORTH WINDS
8 MPH.
AT  3 AM...SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE 51. NORTH WINDS 9 MPH.
AT  5 AM...SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE 48. NORTH WINDS 12 MPH.
AT  7 AM...SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE 47. NORTH WINDS 13 MPH.

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