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WGUS83 KMQT 280238
FLSMQT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1038 PM EDT MON APR 27 2026
...THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON AFFECTING HOUGHTON AND BARAGA COUNTIES.
.SNOWMELT AND RECENT RAINFALL ARE RESULTING IN RIVERS REACHING
ELEVATED LEVELS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY, TURN AROUND AND FIND AN
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MARQUETTE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 400 PM EDT.
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1038 PM EDT MON APR 27 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUE.
* WHERE...STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, HOMES AND STRUCTURES ALONG THE LOW LYING
AREAS AND NUMEROUS ROADS BECOME IMPACTED BY FLOOD WATER. IN
HOUGHTON COUNTY...STURGEON RIVER ROAD...AHO ROAD...AND RAJALA ROAD
ARE IMPACTED. IN BARAGA COUNTY...STURGEON ROAD...HALONEN ROAD AND
USITALO ROAD ARE IMPACTED. ALONG FROBERG ROAD...TAHTINEN ROAD...
IRWIN ROAD...OLIVER ROAD...AND SHIRLEY ROAD ARE IMPACTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 7.3
FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- ACTION STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU
STURGEON RIVER
ALSTON 8.0 7.2 MON 9 PM EDT 7.2 7.2 6.9
LAT...LON 4672 8872 4683 8866 4692 8861 4692 8848
4687 8850 4672 8860
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