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River Flood Advisory 101, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Oct 30, 2009, 11:20 AM EDT for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2009, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
County Ionia County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 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 Flat River at Smyrna (SMYM4). The gauge peaked at 5.61 ft at Nov 2, 2009, 12:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 5.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 8.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9.5 ft
- Major stage
- 10.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04116500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 10:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 10 hr | |
| Oct 30, 4:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Montcalm and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 51 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 68 hr |
| Oct 30, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan | 4 days |
| Oct 30, 11:20 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 35 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:46 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Mecosta, Newaygo, Osceola | 61 min |
| Oct 30, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more | 116 min |
Nearby
River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2009Every river flood advisory in 2009
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.