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River Flood Advisory 10, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 18, 2016Florence County, Marinette County, Wisconsin; Dickinson County, Menominee County, Michigan

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this river flood advisory at Oct 18, 2016, 7:24 AM CDT for Florence County, Marinette County, Wisconsin; Dickinson County, Menominee County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 2016, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
Expired: Oct 19, 2016, 7:19 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Green Bay, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Dickinson County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Florence County, WI, Marinette County, WI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Menominee River at Twin Falls (TWFM4). The gauge peaked at 17.60 ft at Oct 18, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18.5 ft
Minor stage: 20.5 ft
Moderate stage: 22.5 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04063522, 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 advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Oct 18, 6:25 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 6:25 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 3:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 2:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
222 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2016

WIZ012-013-180745-
NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-FLORENCE-
222 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE AND NORTH
CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTIES...

AT 221 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOMESTEAD...OR
NEAR KINGSFORD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGSFORD...HOMESTEAD...NIAGARA...AURORA...LASALLE FALLS AND SPREAD
EAGLE.

LAT...LON 4588 8810 4587 8807 4582 8814 4580 8811
      4578 8809 4578 8805 4579 8799 4578 8798
      4577 8799 4576 8796 4576 8790 4575 8788
      4572 8785 4571 8781 4566 8827 4587 8831
      4591 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 259DEG 57KT 4580 8818

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Special weather statement, Oct 18, 2:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
228 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2016

WIZ012-013-180800-
NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-FLORENCE-
228 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE AND NORTH
CENTRAL MARINETTE COUNTIES...

AT 228 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KINGSFORD...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
NORTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN FLORENCE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: NIAGARA AND AURORA.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4582 8814 4578 8809 4578 8805 4579 8803
      4579 8799 4578 8798 4577 8799 4576 8796
      4576 8790 4575 8788 4572 8785 4570 8780
      4570 8789 4568 8814 4584 8819 4586 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 261DEG 57KT 4577 8808

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Local storm report, Oct 18, 2:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 8:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Oneida	3 hr
Oct 18, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Lincoln	25 min
Oct 18, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Florence	23 min
Oct 18, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GRB	Dickinson	32 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Wisconsin, 2016 River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2016 Every river flood advisory 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.