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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

April 25, 2009Baraga County, Houghton County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2009, 5:36 AM EDT for Baraga County, Houghton County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2009, 5:36 AM EDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2009, 10:15 AM EDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Baraga County, MI, Houghton County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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 Sturgeon River near Alston (ALSM4).

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04041500, 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 25, 4:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 4:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 4:00 PM EDT, 13 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
400 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009

MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-251200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
400 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 /300 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS
LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY
TOWARD THE WISCONSIN BORDER. ANY STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY
MORNING...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM NORWAY TO GRAND MARAIS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF
RAIN THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...COMBINED WITH A MELTING SNOW...WILL
CAUSE WATER LEVELS ON RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE. ALSO...EXPECT
PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-251200-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND
PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI-
BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI-
ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI-
EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI-
MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI-
POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING
KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI-
MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI-
GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE
CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE
ROYALE NATIONAL PARK-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU
ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF
SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
400 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009 /300 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING....AND AGAIN LATE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

LMZ221-248-250-251200-
GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI-
5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-
400 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...AND ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

KF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 1:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 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 24, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Dickinson, Iron	36 min
Apr 24, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MQT	Dickinson, Marquette	47 min
Apr 24, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MQT		38 min
Apr 24, 11:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MQT	Dickinson, Iron, Marquette	4 hr
Apr 25, 12:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Houghton	55 hr
Apr 25, 5:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		12 hr
Apr 25, 10:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MQT	Gogebic	3 hr
Apr 25, 4:56 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MQT		30 hr
Apr 25, 4:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		66 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.