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River Flood Advisory 49, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 27, 2009Jackson County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 27, 2009, 11:33 AM EDT for Jackson County, Michigan. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2009, 11:33 AM EDT (15:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2009, 8:45 AM EDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Jackson County, MI

The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River at Jackson (JACM4).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04109000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Apr 27, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 9:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 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
Apr 26, 8:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Gratiot, Kent, Montcalm, Ottawa	87 days
Apr 26, 11:04 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	25 hr
Apr 26, 11:04 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	12 hr
Apr 26, 11:04 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Mason	7 days
Apr 26, 11:04 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Newaygo	34 hr
Apr 26, 11:04 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Isabella	37 hr
Apr 27, 3:18 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	14 hr
Apr 27, 4:04 AM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		12 hr
Apr 27, 10:12 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	GRR	Kalamazoo	14 hr
Apr 27, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	29 hr
Apr 27, 4:04 PM EDT	Flood Watch	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 8 more	19 hr
Apr 27, 4:18 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		24 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.