910  
WGUS83 KAPX 061739  
FLSAPX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
139 PM EDT MON APR 6 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MICHIGAN...  
 
MANISTEE RIVER NEAR SHERMAN AFFECTING WEXFORD COUNTY.  
 
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.  
 
LATE TONIGHT AT 145 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
MIC165-070545-  
/O.CON.KAPX.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/SHRM4.2.ER.260403T0220Z.260406T0330Z.000000T0000Z.NR/  
139 PM EDT MON APR 6 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO  
LOWER BELOW MODERATE FLOOD STAGE TO MINOR FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS  
AFTERNOON/EVENING.  
 
* WHERE...MANISTEE RIVER NEAR SHERMAN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, FLOODING IMPACTS THE WILDERNESS CANOE  
LIVERY ALONG LEFT BANK OF RIVER JUST DOWNSTREAM OF M-37 BRIDGE.  
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 1:00 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 1:00 PM EDT MONDAY WAS 16.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER BELOW MODERATE FLOOD  
STAGE TO MINOR FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND  
CONTINUE TO STAY IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH AT LEAST  
TUESDAY.  
- 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  
 

 
 
CORNISH  
 
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