832  
WGUS43 KMQT 261400  
FLWMQT  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI  
1000 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM UNKNOWN TO MINOR SEVERITY FOR THE  
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...  
 
STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHASSELL AFFECTING HOUGHTON AND BARAGA  
COUNTIES.  
 
.RECENT RAIN AND SNOWMELT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ELEVATED RIVER  
LEVELS AND MINOR FLOODING.  
 
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.WEATHER.GOV/MARQUETTE.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1000 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
MIC013-061-270200-  
/O.CON.KMQT.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/CLLM4.1.RS.250419T1833Z.250424T0049Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
1000 AM EDT SAT APR 26 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHASSELL.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, THE RIVER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW ONTO STURGEON  
RIVER ROAD...RAJALA ROAD...AND AHO ROAD  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:23 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:23 AM EDT SATURDAY WAS 10.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
11.2 FEET ON 04/18/2023.  
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4692 8861 4704 8856 4703 8850 4700 8845  
4692 8848  
 

 
 
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