Champion, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FLOODGATE RELEASE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
LATE SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and minor flooding is
forecast.

* WHERE...Michigamme River near Republic.

* WHEN...Until late Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 7.7 feet, Water begins to impact the yards of homes
near Bengtson bridge on County Road LI in South Republic
At 10.0 feet, Portions of County Roads 601...LE and LG experience
significant flooding

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:00 AM EDT Tuesday the stage was 10.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 8.4 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:00 AM EDT Tuesday was 10.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early Sunday morning and continue falling to 7.6 feet
Wednesday, May 06.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
10.7 feet on 05/07/1972.
- www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (8 pm EDT)
Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Wed   Thu   Fri

Michigamme River
Republic        9.0   10.3  Tue 7 am EDT 9.9   9.8   9.5


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...FLOOD WARNING FOR SNOWMELT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.

* WHERE...Michigamme River near Witch Lake.

* WHEN...Until early Monday morning.

* 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 12:10 PM CDT Tuesday /1:10 PM EDT Tuesday/ the stage was
10.9 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 8.5 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 12:10 PM CDT Tuesday /1:10 PM EDT Tuesday/ was 11.2
feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early Monday morning and continue falling to 8.1 feet
Tuesday, May 05.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
11.0 feet on 04/27/2019.
- www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Wed   Thu   Fri

Michigamme River
Witch Lake      9.0   10.9  Tue 12 pm CD 10.5  10.3  9.9


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