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WGUS83 KMQT 011523
FLSMQT
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1023 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR WITCH LAKE AFFECTING DICKINSON AND MARQUETTE
COUNTIES.
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 BY LATE TONIGHT AT 230 AM CDT /330
AM EDT/.
MIC043-103-020730-
/O.EXT.KMQT.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260504T0000Z/
/WLKM4.3.DR.260418T0522Z.260429T1610Z.260503T0000Z.NR/
1023 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /1123 AM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026/
...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE UPSTREAM RELEASE OF NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
SUNDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF RECORD.
* WHERE...MICHIGAMME RIVER NEAR WITCH LAKE.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.
* 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:10 AM CDT /11:10 AM EDT/ FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 10:10 AM CDT /11:10 AM EDT/ FRIDAY WAS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.5 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
ALL TIMES CDT/EDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1PM/2PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SAT SUN MON
MICHIGAMME RIVER
WITCH LAKE 9.0 9.5 FRI 10AM/11A 9.1 8.7 8.4
LAT...LON 4631 8803 4631 8791 4623 8796 4615 8812
4623 8812 4627 8804
BERSCH
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