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WGUS83 KMQT 182002
FLSMQT
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
402 PM EDT FRI APR 18 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHASSELL AFFECTING HOUGHTON AND BARAGA
COUNTIES.
.MELTING SNOW AND RELEASES FROM THE PRICKETT DAM WILL RESULT IN
RIVER RISES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MARQUETTE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.
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402 PM EDT FRI APR 18 2025
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS CAUSED BY RAIN, SNOWMELT, AND DAM
RELEASES ARE OCCURRING.
* WHERE...STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHASSELL.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, THE RIVER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW ONTO STURGEON
RIVER ROAD...RAJALA ROAD...AND AHO ROAD
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:40 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR 10.0 FEET
AROUND 8 PM SATURDAY.
- ACTION STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4692 8861 4704 8856 4703 8850 4700 8845
4692 8848
DT
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