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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Marquette, MI

October 11, 2018Marquette County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this river flood warning at Oct 11, 2018, 7:50 AM EDT for Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 11, 2018, 7:50 AM EDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2018, 11:12 AM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Marquette County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chocolay River near Harvey (HRVM4).

Action stage: 9.5 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 11.5 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Oct 10, 6:32 PM EDT, 13 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 6:32 PM EDT, 13 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 10, 9:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Gogebic	15 hr
Oct 10, 10:59 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MQT	Delta	24 hr
Oct 11, 12:55 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MQT	Iron	3 days
Oct 11, 5:22 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		28 hr
Oct 11, 8:00 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Houghton	3 days
Oct 11, 8:18 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MQT	Marquette	24 hr
Oct 11, 10:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		50 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.