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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2008, 10:08 PM EDT for Muskegon County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 1, 2008, 4:24 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2008, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2008, 4:24 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2008, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Muskegon County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 White River above Whitehall (WHTM4).
- Action stage
- 5 ft
- Minor stage
- 6 ft
- Moderate stage
- 7 ft
- Major stage
- 8 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04122200, 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 Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 31, 7:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 745 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2008 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-010815- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 745 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH LATE EVENING. A SQUALL LINE WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY PRECEDE THE COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT... THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTERS TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO CLARE. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND RISES IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ELEVATED MAINSTREAM RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO THE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TONIGHT... BUT CHECK LATER STATEMENTS. LMZ844>849-010815- 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- 745 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG AND DRIZZLE MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AND OUT OVER THE WATER. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT...THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. GALE FORCE SOUTHWEST WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GALE FORCE NORTHWEST WINDS AND WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE LIKELY TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TONIGHT... BUT CHECK LATER STATEMENTS. LAURENS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Isabella | 37 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Jackson | 92 min |
| Apr 1, 6:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 50 min |
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River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008
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.