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WGUS83 KMQT 280103
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
803 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR WITCH LAKE AFFECTING MARQUETTE AND
DICKINSON COUNTIES.
.SNOW MELT, RAINFALL, AND INCREASED RESERVOIR RELEASES ARE CAUSING
THE RIVER FLOWS TO BECOME HIGH. EXPECT MODERATE 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 300 PM CDT
/400 PM EDT/.
MIC043-103-282000-
/O.EXT.KMQT.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260504T1200Z/
/WLKM4.2.SM.260418T0522Z.260427T0410Z.260504T1200Z.NO/
803 PM CDT MON APR 27 2026 /903 PM EDT MON APR 27 2026/
..FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY, MAY 04
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR WITCH LAKE.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY, MAY 04.
* 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
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:10 PM CDT MONDAY /8:10 PM EDT MONDAY/ THE STAGE WAS 11.2
FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:10 PM CDT MONDAY /8:10 PM EDT MONDAY/ WAS 11.4
FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
MONDAY, MAY 04 AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 8.8 FEET MONDAY, MAY
04.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.2 FEET ON 04/28/1979.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU
MICHIGAMME RIVER
WITCH LAKE 9.0 11.2 MON 7 PM CDT 11.0 10.7 10.5
LAT...LON 4631 8803 4631 8791 4623 8796 4615 8812
4623 8812 4627 8804
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