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WGUS83 KMQT 190051
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
851 PM EDT FRI APR 18 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON AFFECTING HOUGHTON AND BARAGA COUNTIES.
.MELTING SNOW AND RELEASES FROM THE PRICKETT DAM WILL RESULT IN
RIVER RISES, WITH THE STURGEON RIVER AT ALSTON NOW FORECAST TO REACH
MINOR FLOOD STAGE.
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/MARQUETTE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.
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851 PM EDT FRI APR 18 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, HOMES AND STRUCTURES ALONG THE LOW LYING
AREAS AND NUMEROUS ROADS BECOME IMPACTED BY FLOOD WATER. IN
HOUGHTON COUNTY...STURGEON RIVER ROAD...AHO ROAD...AND RAJALA ROAD
ARE IMPACTED. IN BARAGA COUNTY...STURGEON ROAD...HALONEN ROAD AND
USITALO ROAD ARE IMPACTED. ALONG FROBERG ROAD...TAHTINEN ROAD...
IRWIN ROAD...OLIVER ROAD...AND SHIRLEY ROAD ARE IMPACTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 8.4 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.4 FEET ON 04/25/2009.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4672 8872 4683 8866 4692 8861 4692 8848
4687 8850 4672 8860
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