Portage, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. This approaches the flood of
record.

* WHERE...Portage River near Vicksburg.

* WHEN...From this morning to early Tuesday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 5.5 feet, Minor basement flooding begins at the first
house near the gage.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- There is no current observed data.
- Bankfull stage is 4.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 5.3
feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
flood stage early Monday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 5.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
5.4 feet on 06/30/1978.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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