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WGUS43 KMQT 251744
FLWMQT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
144 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR REPUBLIC AFFECTING MARQUETTE COUNTY.
.SNOWMELT, RECENT RAINFALL, AND INCREASED RESERVOIR RELEASES WILL
CAUSE THE RIVER FLOWS TO BECOME HIGH AND REACH CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MARQUETTE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM EDT.
MIC103-260600-
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144 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR REPUBLIC.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.7 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO IMPACT THE YARDS OF HOMES
NEAR BENGTSON BRIDGE ON COUNTY ROAD LI IN SOUTH REPUBLIC
AT 10.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROADS 601...LE AND LG EXPERIENCE
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
AT 12.8 FEET, WATER REACHES THE LEVEL FROM APRIL OF 2002
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:45 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 10.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.5
FEET MONDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.9 FEET ON 04/20/2002.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE
MICHIGAMME RIVER
REPUBLIC 9.0 10.9 SAT 8 AM EDT 11.6 12.4 12.2
LAT...LON 4631 8803 4638 8805 4640 8793 4631 8791
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