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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Detroit, MI

April 29, 2011Saginaw County, Tuscola County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2011, 10:17 AM EDT for Saginaw County, Tuscola County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 29, 2011, 12:47 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2011, 10:17 AM EDT (14:17 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 29, 2011, 12:47 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2011, 12:14 PM EDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Saginaw County, MI, Tuscola County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Cass River at Vassar (VSSM4).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04151000, 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, 7:32 PM EDT, 14 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 7:32 PM EDT, 14 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningDTXMonroe44 hr
Apr 29, 3:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningDTXMonroe52 hr
Apr 29, 3:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningDTXLivingston5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2011Every 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.