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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 13, 200815 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flash flood watch at Jun 13, 2008, 12:36 PM EDT for 15 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2008, 12:36 PM EDT (16:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 8:07 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity
None

Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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 flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 13, 4:05 AM EDT, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 4:05 AM EDT, 8 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 7:59 PM EDT, 16 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
759 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-132115-
ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-MASON-LAKE-
OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-
GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
759 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF MASON...LAKE
AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES.  PARTICULARLY HARD HIT RIVERS WILL INCLUDE THE
PINE...BIG SABLE...LINCOLN AND PERE MARQUETTE RIVERS. THESE RIVERS
WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.  FLOODED...WEAKENED AND WASHED
OUT ROADS WILL BE A HAZARD FOR MOTORISTS.

THERE IS THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS SOUTH OF A BATTLE
CREEK TO JACKSON LINE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION
ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

MJS NJJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR2 hr
Jun 12, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason48 min
Jun 12, 9:16 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRMason44 min
Jun 12, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR92 min
Jun 12, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason45 min
Jun 12, 10:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Mason38 min
Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRLake, Mason58 min
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRLake, Mason2 hr
Jun 12, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason, Oceana46 min
Jun 12, 10:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRRLake, Mason17 hr
Jun 12, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Osceola59 min
Jun 12, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Mason, Newaygo, Oceana61 min
Jun 12, 11:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR92 min
Jun 12, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Osceola51 min
Jun 12, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason, Oceana47 min
Jun 13, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRLake, Mason42 min
Jun 13, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR95 min
Jun 13, 1:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMason29 min
Jun 13, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRROsceola41 min
Jun 13, 1:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Mason, Oceana, Osceola69 min
Jun 13, 2:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR87 min
Jun 13, 2:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Mason, Mecosta, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and 1 more64 min
Jun 13, 3:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR57 min
Jun 13, 3:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRMason53 hr
Jun 13, 3:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Muskegon, Ottawa, Van Buren42 min
Jun 13, 4:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClare, Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo77 min
Jun 13, 4:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent72 min
Jun 13, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Van Buren62 min
Jun 13, 5:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRGratiot, Isabella, Montcalm60 min
Jun 13, 5:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRJackson57 min
Jun 13, 6:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson91 min
Jun 13, 10:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRROsceola5 hr
Jun 13, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo58 min
Jun 13, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo63 min
Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRLake, Mason, Osceola24 hr
Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson64 min
Jun 13, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIngham, Jackson55 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRGratiot65 min
Jun 13, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent67 min

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.