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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

April 21, 2008Houghton County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2008, 4:36 AM EDT for Houghton County, Michigan. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2008, 4:36 AM EDT (08:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2008, 11:49 AM EDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Houghton County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Trap Rock River near Lake Linden (TRRM4).

Action stage: 9.5 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 13.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04043050, 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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 20, 7:39 PM EDT, 8 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 7:39 PM EDT, 8 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 2:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Baraga, Houghton	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2008 Every 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.