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Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

35°F

2/16/2025 7:17pm

Lexington Conditions: Clear
Temperature: 35.1°F / 1.7°C
Dew Point: 32.4°F
Relative Humidity: 90%
Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: None
Barometer: 29.00 in Falling Slowly
Visibility: 10 miles
Rain Today: 0.01 in
UV Index: $VPuv None

Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

Issued by the National Weather Service - Marquette, MI

FLOOD WARNING

Baraga County, MI

Flood Warning issued April 26 at 11:54AM EDT until April 28 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Marquette MI

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING

Areas Affected: Baraga, MI; Houghton, MI

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Sunday 11:54am EDT

Alert Effective: Sunday 11:54am EDT

Alert Expires: Monday 2:00am EDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Sunday 11:54am EDT

Event Ends: Tuesday 2:00am EDT

Issued by: NWS Marquette MI

Details:

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Michigan...

Sturgeon River near Chassell affecting Houghton and Baraga
Counties.

Sturgeon River near Alston affecting Houghton and Baraga Counties.

.Snowmelt and rainfall resulting in rivers reaching critical levels.

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

* WHERE...Sturgeon River near Alston.

* WHEN...Until early Tuesday morning.

* 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 10:30 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 8.0 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 7.5 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 10:30 AM EDT Sunday was 8.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
this afternoon and continue falling to 6.1 feet Sunday, May
03.
- Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
8.0 feet on 04/22/1974.
- www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information:

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 late tonight at 200 AM EDT.

Meta data:

ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e9d79549a72a4c3f5f2c21cf6c1e42640ec3ad60.002.1
Codes: MIC013, MIC061
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e9d79549a72a4c3f5f2c21cf6c1e42640ec3ad60.002.1