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WGUS83 KMQT 261554
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1154 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHASSELL AFFECTING HOUGHTON AND BARAGA
COUNTIES.
STURGEON RIVER NEAR ALSTON AFFECTING HOUGHTON AND BARAGA COUNTIES.
.SNOWMELT AND 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 LATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM EDT.
MIC013-061-270600-
/O.CON.KMQT.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CLLM4.1.RS.260414T1140Z.260419T2350Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1154 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 11:00 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 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 10.5 SUN 11 AM ED MSG MSG MSG
LAT...LON 4692 8861 4704 8856 4703 8850 4700 8845
4692 8848
MIC013-061-270600-
/O.CON.KMQT.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260428T0600Z/
/ALSM4.2.RS.260413T0417Z.260419T0530Z.260426T1800Z.NO/
1154 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS 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 10:30 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:30 AM EDT SUNDAY WAS 8.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 6.1 FEET SUNDAY, MAY
03.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.0 FEET ON 04/22/1974.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
STURGEON RIVER
ALSTON 8.0 8.0 SUN 10 AM ED 7.7 7.4 7.1
LAT...LON 4672 8872 4683 8866 4692 8861 4692 8848
4687 8850 4672 8860
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