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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI

May 19, 200913 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this red flag warning at May 19, 2009, 3:11 PM EDT for 13 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2009, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 20, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Luce County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at May 19, 2:20 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:20 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:31 AM EDT, 9 hours 40 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
May 19, 5:19 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		45 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Michigan, 2009 Every red flag 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.