750  
WGUS53 KAPX 130728  
FFWAPX  
MIC001-135-131930-  
/O.NEW.KAPX.FF.W.0003.260413T0728Z-260413T1930Z/  
/00000.U.DR.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
328 AM EDT MON APR 13 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 330 PM EDT MONDAY.  
 
* AT 328 AM 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 FLOODGATE RELEASE.  
 
SOURCE...DAM OPERATOR.  
 
IMPACT...FLOODING OF AREAS ALONG THE RIVER IMMEDIATELY  
DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM.  
 
* THE NEAREST DOWNSTREAM TOWN IS MIO AND THEN 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 4466 8412 4467 8412 4466 8411 4466 8407  
4467 8402 4465 8398 4463 8384 4457 8379  
4456 8381 4456 8383 4460 8388 4462 8394  
4465 8403 4465 8411  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 
 
 
JZ  
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