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WGUS83 KMQT 260436
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1236 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON AFFECTING BARAGA AND HOUGHTON COUNTIES.
.SNOWMELT AND RECENT RAINFALL RESULTING IN RIVERS REACHING 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
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1236 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY 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 11:30 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:30 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.4
FEET EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.4 FEET ON 04/25/2009.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
STURGEON RIVER
ALSTON 8.0 8.4 SAT 11 PM ED 8.0 7.6 7.3
LAT...LON 4672 8872 4683 8866 4692 8861 4692 8848
4687 8850 4672 8860
TDUD
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