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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
359 PM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE IN...
WESTERN ALCONA COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
EAST CENTRAL OSCODA COUNTY IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN...
* UNTIL 345 AM EDT MONDAY.
* AT 359 PM EDT, DAM OPERATORS REPORTED THE FLOODGATES ON THE MIO
DAM WERE OPENED CAUSING FLASH FLOODING DOWNSTREAM ON THE AU SABLE
RIVER.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING FROM A DAM HIGH FLOW RELEASE.
SOURCE...DAM OPERATOR.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS ALONG THE RIVER IMMEDIATELY
DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM.
* THE NEAREST DOWNSTREAM TOWN IS MCKINLEY...LOCATED ABOUT 9.5 MILES
FROM THE DAM. AREAS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE MIO DAM ALONG THE AU SABLE
RIVER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE AU SABLE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN LOW LYING AREAS BELOW THE MIO DAM YOU SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4465 8403 4465 8411 4466 8412 4467 8412
4466 8411 4466 8407 4467 8402 4465 8398
4463 8384 4457 8379 4456 8381 4456 8383
4460 8388 4462 8394
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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