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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Detroit, MI

February 11, 2009Saginaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2009, 2:22 PM EST for Saginaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 10:13 PM EST. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2009, 2:22 PM EST (19:22 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2009, 10:13 PM EST
Expired: Feb 14, 2009, 3:57 AM EST
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Saginaw County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 Shiawassee River near Fergus (FRGM4). The gauge peaked at 14.02 ft at Feb 12, 2009, 6:00 PM EST.

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04145000, 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 Feb 11, 12:27 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 12:27 PM EST, 1 hour 55 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
Feb 11, 4:28 AM EST	High Wind Warning	DTX	Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne	24 hr
Feb 11, 4:28 AM EST	Wind Advisory	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more	27 hr
Feb 11, 4:43 AM EST	Gale Warning	DTX		35 hr
Feb 11, 5:11 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more	7 hr
Feb 11, 6:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Monroe	3 days
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Genesee	44 hr
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw, Tuscola	3 days
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw	4 days
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Midland, Saginaw	56 hr
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Bay, Saginaw	6 days
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Lenawee, Monroe	4 days
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Wayne	21 hr
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Wayne	29 hr
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Macomb	54 hr
Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw, Shiawassee	52 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.