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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Detroit, MI

April 28, 2011Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2011, 5:34 PM EDT for Lenawee County, Monroe County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 29, 2011, 10:17 AM EDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2011, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2011, 10:17 AM EDT
Expired: May 1, 2011, 2:56 AM EDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point River Raisin at Blissfield (BLIM4).

Action stage: 681 ft
Minor stage: 683 ft
Moderate stage: 685 ft
Major stage: 687 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 28, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 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
Apr 27, 9:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		22 hr
Apr 28, 4:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 28, 4:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		83 min
Apr 28, 5:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Midland, Saginaw, Shiawassee	7 hr
Apr 28, 5:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	DTX		82 min
Apr 28, 8:52 AM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		7 hr
Apr 28, 9:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw, Shiawassee	24 hr
Apr 28, 9:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw	42 hr
Apr 28, 10:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Macomb	7 hr
Apr 28, 10:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Genesee	21 hr
Apr 28, 10:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw	65 hr
Apr 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2011 Every river flood warning in 2011

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.