521  
WGUS83 KDTX 211400  
FLSDTX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI  
1000 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MICHIGAN...  
 
SAGINAW RIVER AT SAGINAW AFFECTING SAGINAW AND BAY COUNTIES.  
 
.NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/DTX.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 400 PM EDT.  
 
 
 
MIC017-145-212000-  
/O.CON.KDTX.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260421T2000Z/  
/SAGM4.1.ER.260416T1232Z.260418T1015Z.260421T1400Z.NO/  
1000 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...SAGINAW RIVER AT SAGINAW.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4341 8399 4365 8387 4363 8378 4339 8389  
 
 
 
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