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WGUS83 KAPX 081346
FLSAPX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
946 AM EDT WED APR 8 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.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED OR BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOONTHURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 115 PM EDT.
MIC165-091715-
/O.CON.KAPX.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/SHRM4.1.ER.260403T0220Z.260406T0330Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
946 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MANISTEE RIVER NEAR SHERMAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS AROUND THE WILDERNESS
CANOE LIVERY ALONG LEFT BANK OF RIVER JUST DOWNSTREAM OF M-37
BRIDGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:15 AM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 15.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY DRIFT
TOWARDS 15 FT THROUGH MID WEEK, REMAINING RIGHT AROUND MINOR
FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.3 FEET ON 04/15/2001.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4437 8573 4443 8577 4447 8564 4442 8561
MJG
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