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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Detroit, MI

December 27, 2008Bay County, Saginaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2008, 11:22 PM EST for Bay County, Saginaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 29, 2008, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2008, 11:22 PM EST (04:22 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 1, 2009, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Bay County, MI, Saginaw County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Saginaw River at Saginaw (SAGM4).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04157000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 27, 6:55 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 6:55 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 7:39 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 11:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw, Shiawassee	31 hr
Dec 27, 11:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw	59 hr
Dec 27, 11:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw	4 days
Dec 27, 11:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Midland, Saginaw	3 days
Dec 28, 2:55 AM EST	High Wind Warning	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more	13 hr
Dec 28, 3:47 AM EST	Gale Watch	DTX		13 hr
Dec 28, 11:10 AM EST	Wind Advisory	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb and 10 more	4 hr
Dec 28, 4:14 PM EST	Brisk Wind Advisory	DTX		5 hr
Dec 28, 4:14 PM EST	Gale Warning	DTX		5 hr
Dec 28, 4:14 PM EST	Gale Warning	DTX		42 hr
Dec 28, 4:14 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		5 hr
Dec 28, 5:04 PM EST	Brisk Wind Advisory	DTX		11 hr
Dec 28, 5:04 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		11 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.