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WGUS83 KMQT 260445
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1245 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHASSELL 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.
MIC013-061-261800-
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1245 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHASSELL.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, THE RIVER BEGINS TO OVERFLOW ONTO STURGEON
RIVER ROAD...RAJALA ROAD...AND AHO ROAD
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM EDT FRIDAY, APRIL 24 THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.2 FEET ON 04/18/2023.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (UNKNOWN TIME)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME D1 D2 D3
STURGEON RIVER
CHASSELL 10.5 10.6 FRI 9 AM EDT MSG MSG MSG
LAT...LON 4692 8861 4704 8856 4703 8850 4700 8845
4692 8848
TDUD
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