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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Detroit, MI

April 7, 2017Livingston County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 7, 2017, 4:23 PM EDT for Livingston County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 8, 2017, 3:57 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2017, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2017, 3:57 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Detroit, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Livingston County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Huron River at Hamburg (HMGM4).

Action stage: 6.5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 7.5 ft
Major stage: 8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04172000, 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 7, 4:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 4:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 3:55 AM EDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 10:44 AM EDT, 5 hours 39 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
Apr 6, 9:39 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Genesee, Saginaw	19 hr
Apr 6, 9:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	DTX	Midland, Saginaw	40 hr
Apr 7, 3:24 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	DTX	Huron, Saint Clair, Sanilac	12 hr
Apr 7, 3:47 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		18 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.