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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

September 14, 2008Eaton County, Michigan

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, Sep 13, 10:45 AM EDT, 13 hours 50 minutes before
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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 10:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 13, 10:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 13, 11:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 14, 12:20 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRCalhoun58 hr
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRCalhoun35 hr
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKalamazoo7 days
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRJackson24 hr
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRREaton35 hr
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRIngham5 days
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKent3 days
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRROttawa58 hr
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRIngham58 hr
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRIngham4 days
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRClinton46 hr
Sep 14, 12:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRBarry3 days
Sep 14, 4:01 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR35 hr
Sep 14, 11:27 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Ottawa72 hr
Sep 14, 11:45 AM EDTWind AdvisoryGRRBarry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 3 more9 hr
Sep 14, 11:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRAllegan6 days
Sep 14, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIngham, Jackson55 min
Sep 14, 6:07 PM EDTGale WarningGRR2 hr

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.