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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 14, 2008Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2008, 7:54 AM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 14, 2008, 10:53 AM EDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2008, 7:54 AM EDT (11:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2008, 10:53 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2008, 11:55 PM EDT
In force
61 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity
Minor

County Kent County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 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 Grand River at Comstock Park (CMPM4).

Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 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.

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.