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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Detroit, MI

March 1, 2017Macomb County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Mar 1, 2017, 8:06 AM EST for Macomb County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2017, 8:06 AM EST (13:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2017, 10:36 PM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Macomb County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clinton River near Clinton Township (FSRM4).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04164000, 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 Mar 1, 6:37 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 6:37 AM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 4:37 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 1, 2:51 AM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:31 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes 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
Feb 28, 7:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Lenawee	35 min
Feb 28, 9:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Macomb	45 min
Feb 28, 10:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Livingston, Washtenaw	39 min
Feb 28, 11:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Washtenaw, Wayne	64 min
Feb 28, 11:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Lenawee	46 min
Feb 28, 11:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Washtenaw	32 min
Feb 28, 11:46 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	DTX		89 min
Feb 28, 11:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DTX	Monroe, Wayne	49 min
Mar 1, 12:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Macomb	65 min
Mar 1, 2:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne	39 min
Mar 1, 3:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	DTX	Monroe	14 min
Mar 1, 3:32 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	DTX		28 min
Mar 1, 4:07 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		24 hr
Mar 1, 7:10 AM EST	Wind Advisory	DTX	Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair and 2 more	16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2017 Every river flood warning in 2017

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.