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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Detroit, MI

April 1, 2016Midland County, Saginaw County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2016, 8:02 AM EDT for Midland County, Saginaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 1, 2016, 7:34 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2016, 8:02 AM EDT (12:02 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2016, 7:34 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2016, 10:19 AM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Midland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Tittabawassee River at Midland (MIDM4). The gauge peaked at 23.94 ft at Apr 2, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04156000, 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 1, 6:02 AM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 6:02 AM EDT, 2 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 9:21 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Saginaw	60 hr
Mar 31, 9:21 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Bay, Saginaw	5 days
Mar 31, 9:36 PM EDT	Gale Watch	DTX		12 hr
Apr 1, 3:52 AM EDT	Gale Warning	DTX		54 hr

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River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.