193  
WGUS43 KMQT 101531  
FLWMQT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI  
1131 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2023  
 
.RECENT RAIN AND SNOWFALL HAVE ALLOWED WATER LEVELS TO RISE TO  
RECORD LEVELS IN AU TRAIN LAKE AND ALONG THE AU TRAIN RIVER. AT  
LEAST 200 STRUCTURES HAVE REPORTED IMPACTS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING  
IMPACTS ARE POSSIBLE.  
 
MIC003-112000-  
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ALGER MI-  
1131 AM EDT WED MAY 10 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THURSDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND RECENT SNOWMELT IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN, INCLUDING THE  
FOLLOWING COUNTY, ALGER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 PM EDT THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STRUCTURES ARE  
FLOODED AND SAND BAGGING OPERATIONS ARE CONTINUING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1115 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING FROM  
RECENT RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS  
ALREADY OCCURRING.  
- FLOWS OUT OF THE FOREST LAKE DAM ARE DECREASING, BUT WATER  
LEVELS REMAIN HIGH.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
AU TRAIN AND FOREST LAKE.  
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME  
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4644 8687 4644 8682 4641 8681 4639 8682  
4637 8684 4633 8684 4633 8687 4640 8686  
4640 8689  
 

 
 
GS  
 
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