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FLWAPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
733 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
RIFLE RIVER NEAR STERLING AFFECTING ARENAC COUNTY.
FOR THE RIFLE RIVER...INCLUDING STERLING...MODERATE FLOODING IS
OCCURRING AND FORECAST.
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.
THIS EVENING AT 745 PM EDT.
MIC011-142345-
/O.EXT.KAPX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260418T0130Z/
/STRM4.2.ER.260412T2022Z.260414T1800Z.260417T1930Z.NO/
733 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT WITH MINOR FLOODING CONTINUING
AFTERWARDS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* WHERE...RIFLE RIVER NEAR STERLING.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, FLOODING OF HOMES ALONG PINNACLE DRIVE AND
MILLER ROAD. FLOODING OF CRYSTAL CREEK CAMPGROUND ALONG GROVE
ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:30 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 6:30 AM EDT TUESDAY WAS 11.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.1
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.1 FEET ON 03/25/1939.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4406 8391 4406 8407 4416 8407 4411 8397
4404 8379 4399 8381
CORNISH
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