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Flood Watch 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 16, 202019 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this flood watch at May 16, 2020, 2:45 PM EDT for 19 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 17, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2020, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 18, 2020, 11:09 PM EDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI
Flood severity: None

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at May 16, 1:47 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 1:47 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 9:31 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 3:39 AM EDT	Gale Watch	APX		25 hr
May 16, 3:13 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	APX		3 days

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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.