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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1233 PM EDT FRI APR 24 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.
.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 LATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM EDT.
MIC103-250600-
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1233 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MIDDLE BRANCH ESCANABA RIVER AT HUMBOLDT.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTY ROAD
FX BRIDGE
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:15 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 6.8 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
6.8 FEET ON 04/22/1992.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4652 8795 4656 8790 4650 8780 4645 8790
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