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WGUS43 KMQT 170223
FLWMQT
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1023 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE MI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
MIDDLE BRANCH ESCANABA RIVER AT HUMBOLDT AFFECTING MARQUETTE
COUNTY.
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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT NOON EDT.
MIC103-171600-
/O.NEW.KMQT.FL.W.0010.260417T0600Z-260420T1200Z/
/HUMM4.1.RS.260417T0600Z.260418T0600Z.260419T1200Z.NO/
1023 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MIDDLE BRANCH ESCANABA RIVER AT HUMBOLDT.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.5 FEET, COUNTY ROAD FX BEGINS TO FLOOD
AT 7.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTY ROAD FX BRIDGE
AT 8.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTY ROAD FX BRIDGE
AT 8.3 FEET, THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1068 COUNTY ROAD FX BEGINS
TO FLOOD
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 6.9 FEET EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
MIDDLE BRANCH ESCANABA RIVER
HUMBOLDT 6.5 6.4 THU 9 PM EDT 6.8 6.8 6.1
LAT...LON 4652 8795 4656 8790 4650 8780 4645 8790
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