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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Marquette MI
1259 PM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026

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

  East Branch Escanaba River at Gwinn affecting Marquette County.

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 Thursday morning at 900 AM EDT.

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1259 PM EDT Wed Apr 15 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO LATE MONDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...East Branch Escanaba River at Gwinn.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning to late Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Low lying areas of Peter Nordeen Park begin
  to flood
  At 7.9 feet, Water reaches the bottom girder of the M-35 bridge
  At 8.1 feet, Southgate drive near the old Gwinn Middle School floods
  At 9.0 feet, Peter Nordeen park on right bank floods

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:10 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 4.6 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 6.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    Saturday morning to a crest of 7.3 feet Saturday evening. It
    will then fall below flood stage late Sunday morning.
  - Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    7.9 feet on 04/17/2002.
  - www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 4633 8743 4627 8737 4624 8745 4629 8751


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