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WGUS83 KMQT 191347
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
947 AM EDT SAT APR 19 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON AFFECTING HOUGHTON AND BARAGA COUNTIES.
.HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON A DEEP PRIMED SNOWPACK LEADING TO THE MELT
INCREASING. FLOWS IN RIVERS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY AND REACH CRITICAL
LEVELS.
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 BY SUNDAY 1200 PM EDT.LATE TONIGHT
AT 200 AM EDT.
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947 AM EDT SAT APR 19 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 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 8.1 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.1 FEET ON 06/18/2018.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4672 8872 4683 8866 4692 8861 4692 8848
4687 8850 4672 8860
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