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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Marquette MI
1018 AM EDT Mon Apr 21 2025

...The National Weather Service in Marquette MI has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Michigan...

  Sturgeon River near Alston affecting Baraga and Houghton 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 1200 PM EDT Tuesday.late
tonight at 230 AM EDT.

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MIC013-061-220630-
/O.NEW.KMQT.FL.W.0003.250422T0600Z-250426T1800Z/
/ALSM4.1.RS.250422T0600Z.250422T1200Z.250425T1800Z.NO/
1018 AM EDT Mon Apr 21 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD ADVISORY...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sturgeon River near Alston.

* WHEN...From late tonight to early Saturday afternoon.

* 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 9:30 AM EDT Monday the stage was 7.7 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 7.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    just after midnight tonight to a crest of 8.1 feet tomorrow
    morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday
    afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    8.1 feet on 06/18/2018.
  - www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 4672 8872 4683 8866 4692 8861 4692 8848
      4687 8850 4672 8860


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