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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

December 28, 2008Allegan County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2008, 1:29 PM EST for Allegan County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 28, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2008, 1:29 PM EST (18:29 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 5, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Allegan County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kalamazoo River near New Richmond (RCMM4).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04108660, 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 Dec 28, 12:50 PM EST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 12:50 PM EST, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 11:59 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 28, 8:47 AM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
847 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

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

0847 AM     HEAVY RAIN       IONIA                   42.99N 85.06W
12/28/2008  M1.23 INCH       IONIA              MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 8 AM.

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MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Dec 28, 9:07 AM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
907 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

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

0907 AM     HEAVY RAIN       HART                    43.70N 86.36W
12/28/2008  M1.09 INCH       OCEANA             MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDING AT 7 AM.

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MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Dec 28, 9:11 AM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
911 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

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

0910 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST OKEMOS                  42.71N 84.41W
12/28/2008  M44 MPH          INGHAM             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 9:30 AM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 9:59 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
959 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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0440 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST COOPER                  42.38N 85.57W
12/28/2008  M57 MPH          KALAMAZOO          MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Dec 28, 11:14 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1114 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

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

1113 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NE MOUNT PLEASANT     43.62N 84.74W
12/28/2008  M1.35 INCH       ISABELLA           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ENDING AT 11 AM.

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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
Dec 27, 11:02 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Clinton	6 days
Dec 27, 11:02 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Barry	6 days
Dec 27, 11:02 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	60 hr
Dec 27, 11:02 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	65 hr
Dec 28, 2:00 AM EST	High Wind Warning	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	10 hr
Dec 28, 8:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Gratiot	8 hr
Dec 28, 10:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ionia	3 days
Dec 28, 10:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	5 days
Dec 28, 10:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	54 hr
Dec 28, 11:55 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	4 hr
Dec 28, 4:23 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2008 Every 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.