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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Detroit, MI

June 22, 201110 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this flash flood watch at Jun 22, 2011, 4:22 AM EDT for 10 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jun 22, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2011, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 22, 2011, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2011, 7:04 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Flood severity: None

Counties Bay County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Huron County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Midland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 22, 4:13 AM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:13 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 12:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 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
Jun 21, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Monroe	55 min
Jun 21, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		83 min
Jun 21, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay, Midland, Saginaw	76 min
Jun 21, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee	22 min
Jun 21, 9:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	DTX	Bay, Midland, Saginaw	6 hr
Jun 21, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Shiawassee	56 min
Jun 21, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		97 min
Jun 21, 9:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Genesee, Saginaw	33 min
Jun 21, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Saginaw, Tuscola	76 min
Jun 21, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Shiawassee	15 min
Jun 21, 10:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	DTX	Genesee, Shiawassee	5 hr
Jun 21, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		45 min
Jun 21, 10:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Macomb, Saint Clair	4 hr
Jun 21, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer, Tuscola	42 min
Jun 21, 10:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Saint Clair	49 min
Jun 21, 10:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		87 min
Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Saginaw, Shiawassee	72 min
Jun 22, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay, Midland	85 min
Jun 22, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		109 min
Jun 22, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Shiawassee	69 min
Jun 22, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		96 min
Jun 22, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Livingston, Washtenaw	46 min
Jun 22, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Tuscola	69 min
Jun 22, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Genesee	59 min
Jun 22, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Oakland	63 min
Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron	90 min
Jun 22, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer, Tuscola	52 min
Jun 22, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		93 min
Jun 22, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Macomb, Saint Clair	93 min
Jun 22, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Tuscola	43 min
Jun 22, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron, Sanilac	45 min
Jun 22, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		98 min
Jun 22, 4:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Macomb, Saint Clair	63 min
Jun 22, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Saginaw	46 min
Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron, Sanilac	30 min
Jun 22, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		58 min
Jun 22, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer, Tuscola	66 min
Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	DTX	Saint Clair	15 min
Jun 22, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		83 min
Jun 22, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Huron, Sanilac	75 min
Jun 22, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, Saint Clair	80 min
Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		107 min
Jun 22, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		97 min
Jun 22, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		55 min

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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.