Alert archive / Michigan / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 9, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Sep 14, 2008, 5:13 AM EDT for Oakland County, Wayne County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2008, 5:13 AM EDT (09:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2008, 6:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Oakland County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Rouge River at Southfield (SFRM4).
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04166100, 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 Sep 14, 4:42 AM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 4:42 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 1:19 PM EDT, 15 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 119 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-141000- MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER- ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB- 119 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ALONG AND NORTH OF THE M-59 CORRIDOR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT /FFADTX/ FOR DETAILS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE WEAK TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORT HURON TO FENTON. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE TRACK UP INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF SATURATED GROUND WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. REPORTS OF RAINFALL TOTALS WOULD ALSO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MIZ075-076-082-083-141000- WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- 119 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FROM DETROIT SOUTH TO THE OHIO BORDER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE WEAK TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORT HURON TO FENTON. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE TRACK UP INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP OF SATURATED GROUND WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. REPORTS OF RAINFALL TOTALS WOULD ALSO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. LCZ422-423-460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-141000- ST. CLAIR RIVER-DETROIT RIVER-LAKE ST. CLAIR- MICHIGAN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE FROM DETROIT RIVER TO NORTH CAPE MI- LAKE HURON FROM 5NM EAST OF MACKINAC BRIDGE TO PRESQUE ISLE LT BEYOND 5 NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT TO STURGEON POINT MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM STURGEON POINT TO ALABASTER MI BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- OUTER SAGINAW BAY SW OF ALABASTER TO PORT AUSTIN MI TO INNER SAGINAW BAY-INNER SAGINAW BAY SW OF POINT AU GRES TO BAY PORT MI- PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH MI-HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC MI- PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON MI- LAKE HURON FROM PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM HARBOR BEACH TO PORT SANILAC BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- LAKE HURON FROM PORT SANILAC TO PORT HURON BEYOND 5NM OFF SHORE- 119 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE HURON AND LAKE ST CLAIR. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON...LAKE ST CLAIR...AND WESTERN LAKE ERIE. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 KNOTS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL NEARSHROE WATERS AND LAKE ST CLAIR. PLEASE REFER TO MOST RECENT NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST /NSHDTX/ OR MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE /MWWDTX/ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAKE HURON...INCLUDING THE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM PORT AUSTIN TO PORT HURON...FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE /MWWDTX/...LAKE HURON FORECAST /GLFLH/...OR NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST /NSHDTX/ FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. KEC YOU CAN OBTAIN YOUR LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT (ALL LOWER CASE).
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 10:40 PM EDT | Gale Warning | DTX | 27 hr | |
| Sep 13, 10:40 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 51 hr | |
| Sep 14, 1:28 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Macomb | 49 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Livingston | 10 days |
| Sep 14, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Wayne | 40 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Macomb | 64 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Saginaw, Shiawassee | 40 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 19 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Genesee | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Genesee, Saginaw | 19 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Saginaw, Tuscola | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 12 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Bay, Saginaw | 19 hr |
| Sep 14, 11:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | DTX | Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Saginaw and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 14, 11:35 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008
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.