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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 31, 2008Muskegon County, Michigan

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, Mar 31, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 10:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRIsabella37 hr
Apr 1, 5:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Jackson92 min
Apr 1, 6:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIngham, Jackson50 min

Nearby

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.