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WGUS43 KAPX 040054
FLWAPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
854 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
MANISTEE RIVER NEAR SHERMAN AFFECTING WEXFORD COUNTY.
FOR THE MANISTEE RIVER...INCLUDING SHERMAN...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.
MIC165-041600-
/O.CON.KAPX.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260407T1800Z/
/SHRM4.2.ER.260403T0220Z.260404T2137Z.260407T1200Z.NR/
854 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...MANISTEE RIVER NEAR SHERMAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, FLOODING OF PROPERTY AND HOMES ADJACENT TO
RIGHT BANK OF RIVER ALONG OJIBWAY DRIVE, OTTAWA DRIVE, AND
CHIPPEWA DRIVE 1 MILE NORTH OF SHERMAN. FLOODING OF N11 ROAD
BETWEEN W14 ROAD AND W16 ROAD 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF MESICK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:30 PM EDT FRIDAY WAS 15.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.1
FEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.0 FEET ON 03/18/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4437 8573 4443 8577 4447 8564 4442 8561
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