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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS Marquette, MI

March 20, 2012Baraga County, Houghton County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this river flood advisory at Mar 20, 2012, 2:22 PM EDT for Baraga County, Houghton County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2012, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2012, 12:23 PM EDT
In force
46 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

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 18:21 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 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 8:19 PM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMQT14 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2012Every river flood advisory in 2012

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.