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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

April 12, 2023Marquette County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2023, 10:04 AM EDT for Marquette County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 13, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2023, 10:04 AM EDT (14:04 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2023, 7:30 AM EDT
In force: 48 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 14:08 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 Apr 12, 4:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 4:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 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
Apr 11, 8:05 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MQT	Baraga, Houghton	21 hr
Apr 12, 1:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MQT	Houghton	8 hr
Apr 12, 10:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Gogebic	4 days
Apr 12, 10:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Marquette	8 days
Apr 12, 10:26 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Marquette	5 days
Apr 12, 10:30 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	MQT	Delta	4 days
Apr 12, 10:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Iron	6 days
Apr 12, 10:59 AM EDT	Flood Watch	MQT	Gogebic, Ontonagon	47 hr
Apr 12, 11:13 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Houghton	54 hr
Apr 12, 4:38 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MQT	Baraga, Houghton	11 days
Apr 12, 4:49 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MQT		42 hr

Nearby

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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.