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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 13, 2008Mason County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 3:07 AM EDT for Mason County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 13, 2008, 7:17 AM EDT. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2008, 3:07 AM EDT (07:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2008, 7:17 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 7:54 AM EDT
In force: 49 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Mason County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pere Marquette River near Scottville (SCTM4).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 5.5 ft
Moderate stage: 6.5 ft
Major stage: 7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04122500, 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 Jun 13, 1:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 7:59 PM EDT, 7 hours 8 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, 12:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1214 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1213 AM     HAIL             LUTHER                  44.04N 85.68W
06/13/2008  M0.25 INCH       LAKE               MI   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            HAIL REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

&&

MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1252 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1208 AM     TSTM WND GST     6 N PENTWATER           43.87N 86.43W
06/13/2008  E50 MPH          MASON              MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS ESTIMATED OVER 50 MPH WITH PEA-SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY
            RAIN.

&&

OSTUNO

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1259 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1225 AM     HAIL             TUSTIN                  44.10N 85.46W
06/13/2008  E1.00 INCH       OSCEOLA            MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

OSTUNO

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:51 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:56 AM EDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		2 hr
Jun 12, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mason	48 min
Jun 12, 9:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Mason	44 min
Jun 12, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		92 min
Jun 12, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mason	45 min
Jun 12, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Lake, Mason	38 min
Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Lake, Mason	58 min
Jun 12, 10:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Lake, Mason	2 hr
Jun 12, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mason, Oceana	46 min
Jun 12, 10:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Lake, Mason	17 hr
Jun 12, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Lake, Osceola	59 min
Jun 12, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Lake, Mason, Newaygo, Oceana	61 min
Jun 12, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		92 min
Jun 12, 11:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Lake, Osceola	51 min
Jun 12, 11:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mason, Oceana	47 min
Jun 13, 12:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Lake, Mason	42 min
Jun 13, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		95 min
Jun 13, 1:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mason	29 min
Jun 13, 1:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Osceola	41 min
Jun 13, 1:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake, Mason, Oceana, Osceola	69 min
Jun 13, 2:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		87 min
Jun 13, 2:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and 1 more	64 min
Jun 13, 3:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		57 min
Jun 13, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Muskegon, Ottawa, Van Buren	42 min
Jun 13, 4:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clare, Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo	77 min
Jun 13, 4:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent	72 min
Jun 13, 5:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Van Buren	62 min
Jun 13, 5:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm	60 min
Jun 13, 5:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Jackson	57 min
Jun 13, 6:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson	91 min
Jun 13, 10:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Osceola	5 hr
Jun 13, 12:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more	8 hr
Jun 13, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo	58 min
Jun 13, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo	63 min
Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Lake, Mason, Osceola	24 hr
Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson	64 min
Jun 13, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ingham, Jackson	55 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Gratiot	65 min
Jun 13, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kent	67 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.