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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Detroit, MI

December 21, 2013Wayne County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2013, 12:30 PM EST for Wayne County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 12:44 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2013, 12:30 PM EST (17:30 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2013, 12:44 AM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2013, 6:10 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Wayne County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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 Lower Rouge at Inkster (INKM4).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04168000, 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 Dec 21, 11:26 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 11:26 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 3:55 AM EST, 8 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:49 AM EST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1149 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 AM     FREEZING RAIN    SAGINAW                 43.42N 83.95W
12/21/2013  E0.10 INCH       SAGINAW            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER IN SAGINAW TOWNSHIP ESTIMATES 0.10 INCH ICE
            ACCUMULATION ON TREES FROM YESTERDAYS FREEZING RAIN

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THOMPSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 20, 10:23 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		6 hr
Dec 21, 3:26 AM EST	Ice Storm Warning	DTX	Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Saint Clair and 2 more	25 hr
Dec 21, 3:26 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	DTX	Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb and 9 more	30 hr
Dec 21, 4:00 PM EST	Gale Warning	DTX		18 hr
Dec 21, 4:00 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.