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WGUS43 KAPX 010107
FLWAPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
907 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD MI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
RIFLE RIVER NEAR STERLING AFFECTING ARENAC COUNTY.
FOR THE RIFLE RIVER...INCLUDING STERLING...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 800 PM EDT.
MIC011-020000-
/O.NEW.KAPX.FL.W.0003.260401T0253Z-260402T0800Z/
/STRM4.1.ER.260401T0253Z.260401T1200Z.260402T0200Z.NO/
907 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIFLE RIVER NEAR STERLING.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, HIGH WATER BEGINS TO IMPACT CANOE LIVERY AT
RIVER VIEW CAMPGROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING TO 6.5 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW EVENING TO 4.7 FEET EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. IT WILL RISE TO 5.0 FEET FRIDAY EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
6.5 FEET ON 05/18/2000.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4406 8391 4406 8407 4416 8407 4411 8397
4404 8379 4399 8381
JLD
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