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WGUS83 KMQT 270042
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
742 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR WITCH LAKE AFFECTING DICKINSON AND
MARQUETTE COUNTIES.
.SNOW MELT AND INCREASED RESERVOIR RELEASES WILL CAUSE THE RIVER
FLOWS TO BECOME HIGH. EXPECT UP TO MAJOR 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 300 PM CDT
/400 PM EDT/.
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742 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2026 /842 PM 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 7:10 PM CDT SUNDAY /8:10 PM EDT SUNDAY/ THE STAGE WAS 11.4
FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:10 PM CDT SUNDAY /8:10 PM EDT SUNDAY/ WAS 11.4
FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.0
FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.0 FEET ON 04/19/2023.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
MICHIGAMME RIVER
WITCH LAKE 9.0 11.4 SUN 7 PM CDT 12.0 11.5 10.9
LAT...LON 4631 8803 4631 8791 4623 8796 4615 8812
4623 8812 4627 8804
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