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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Sep 14, 2008, 12:35 AM EDT for Eaton County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 14, 2008, 11:56 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2008, 12:35 AM EDT (04:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 14, 2008, 11:56 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2008, 11:51 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Eaton County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Grand River at Dimondale (DMDM4).
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 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.
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 Sep 13, 10:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 10:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1045 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-141445- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 1045 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO AS THUNDERSTORMS CROSS A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORE HEAVY RAIN...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WIND GUSTS...WILL ARRIVE LATE SUNDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE MOVE THROUGH. THE RAINS WILL ADD TO ANY ONGOING FLOODING THAT IS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LMZ844>849-141445- 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- 1045 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND AREAS OF FOG WILL BE ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. WAVES WILL BUILD TO GREATER THAN 4 FEET ON SUNDAY AND GALE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT....ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF MUSKEGON. OSTUNO
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 58 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 35 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 7 days |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Jackson | 24 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Eaton | 35 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ingham | 5 days |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 3 days |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 58 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ingham | 58 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ingham | 4 days |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton | 46 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Barry | 3 days |
| Sep 14, 4:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 35 hr | |
| Sep 14, 11:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Ottawa | 72 hr |
| Sep 14, 11:45 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 14, 11:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Allegan | 6 days |
| Sep 14, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 55 min |
| Sep 14, 6:07 PM EDT | Gale Warning | GRR | 2 hr |
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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.