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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Detroit, MI

May 16, 2011Macomb County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2011, 3:34 PM EDT for Macomb County, Michigan. It took effect at May 17, 2011, 12:55 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2011, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2011, 12:55 AM EDT
Expired
May 17, 2011, 3:26 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Flood severity
Minor

County Macomb County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 N. Br. Clinton River near Mount Clemens (MCLM4).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04164500, 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 May 15, 7:02 PM EDT, 20 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 7:02 PM EDT, 20 hours 32 minutes before
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.