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WGUS83 KMQT 260438
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1138 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR WITCH LAKE AFFECTING MARQUETTE AND
DICKINSON COUNTIES.
.SNOW MELT AND INCREASED RESERVOIR RELEASES WILL CAUSE THE RIVER
FLOWS TO BECOME HIGH. EXPECT MINOR FLOODING DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM.
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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 100 PM CDT
/200 PM EDT/.
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1138 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2026 /1238 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2026/
...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR WITCH LAKE.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, WATER INUNDATES LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE
RIVER IN REPUBLIC AND SOUTH REPUBLIC...AND WILL IMPACT THE YARDS
OF HOMES NEAR BENGTSON BRIDGE ON COUNTY ROAD LI IN SOUTH REPUBLIC
AT 8.5 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO COVER COUNTY ROAD LG 2.6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF M-95
AT 9.0 FEET, WATER IMPACTS THE YARDS AND A FEW HOMES NEAR BENGTSON
BRIDGE ON COUNTY ROAD LI IN SOUTH REPUBLIC AND ALONG FLOODWOOD
DRIVE NEAR THE MICHIGAMME RIVER EAST OF M-95. APPROXIMATELY 6
INCHES OF WATER IS COVERING PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD LG NORTHWEST
OF M-95
AT 11.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS COVER SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF COUNTY
ROAD LG BETWEEN M-95 AND MICHIGAMME DAM. HOUSES NEAR BENGTSON
BRIDGE IN SOUTH REPUBLIC ARE FURTHER IMPACTED BY FLOOD WATERS
AT 13.0 FEET, HOMES IN REPUBLIC NEAR MUNSON PARK...SOUTH REPUBLIC
NEAR BENGTSON BRIDGE...AND WITCH LAKE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY FLOODED.
SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROADS 601...LG...LE AND NEWBERG
ROAD ARE FLOODED
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:10 PM CDT SATURDAY /12:10 AM EDT SUNDAY/ THE STAGE WAS
11.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 11:10 PM CDT SATURDAY /12:10 AM EDT SUNDAY/ WAS
11.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.6
FEET EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
13.1 FEET ON 04/20/2002.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
MICHIGAMME RIVER
WITCH LAKE 9.0 11.3 SAT 11 PM CD 12.4 12.4 11.7
LAT...LON 4631 8803 4631 8791 4623 8796 4615 8812
4623 8812 4627 8804
TDUD
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