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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1209 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE MI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON AFFECTING BARAGA AND HOUGHTON COUNTIES.
.WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL ACCELERATE SNOWMELT OVER THE WEEKEND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLOWS IN RIVERS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY AND REACH
CRITICAL LEVELS. RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD
WHICH COULD RESULT IN RIVERS RISING ABOVE THE CURRENT FORECAST.
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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 100 PM EDT.
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1209 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON.
* WHEN...FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* 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 11:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.7
FEET TUESDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN RISE TO 8.7 FEET TUESDAY
EVENING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.7 FEET ON 05/26/1999.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4672 8872 4683 8866 4692 8861 4692 8848
4687 8850 4672 8860
NJL
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