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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Marquette, MI

April 29, 2013Gogebic County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2013, 6:46 PM CDT for Gogebic County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 29, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2013, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 2, 2013, 8:26 AM CDT
In force: 61 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Gogebic County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 Black River near Bessemer (BESM4).

Action stage: 9.5 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04031000, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 9:52 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MQT	Houghton	22 hr
Apr 29, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MQT	Ontonagon	12 hr
Apr 29, 11:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Marquette	46 hr
Apr 29, 2:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MQT	Gogebic	9 days
Apr 29, 6:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Houghton	60 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.