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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Detroit, MI

May 2, 2019Monroe County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2019, 3:58 PM EDT for Monroe County, Michigan. It took effect at May 4, 2019, 6:17 AM EDT. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2019, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from
May 4, 2019, 6:17 AM EDT
Expired
May 6, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Monroe County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point River Raisin at Dundee (DNDM4).

Action stage
648 ft
Minor stage
650 ft
Moderate stage
652 ft
Major stage
653 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site N/A, 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 May 1, 7:17 PM EDT, 20 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:17 PM EDT, 20 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningDTXMonroe4 days
May 2, 3:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningDTXLenawee, Monroe3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.