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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

March 30, 2022Arenac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this river flood watch at Mar 30, 2022, 11:15 AM EDT for Arenac County, Michigan. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2022, 11:15 AM EDT (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2022, 10:36 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Arenac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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 Rifle River near Sterling (STRM4). The gauge peaked at 7.19 ft at Mar 31, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
5 ft
Minor stage
6 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04142000, 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 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 river flood watch went out at Mar 30, 6:17 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 6:17 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 4:17 AM EDTGale WarningAPX12 hr
Mar 30, 4:10 PM EDTGale WarningAPX23 hr
Mar 30, 4:10 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX30 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.