Alert archive / Michigan / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Feb 10, 2009, 12:06 PM EST for Kent County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 12, 2009, 5:48 AM EST. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2009, 12:06 PM EST (17:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2009, 5:48 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2009, 11:23 PM EST
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Kent County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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 Grand River at Comstock Park (CMPM4).
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 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 Feb 10, 11:50 AM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 11:50 AM EST, 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 5:40 AM EST, 6 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 540 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-111045- 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-MASON-LAKE- OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM- GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 540 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL REMAIN AT ELEVATED LEVELS FROM BOTH MELTING SNOW AND THE RUNOFF FROM THE THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN THAT FELL ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. NO FLOODING IS FORECAST AT FOR THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AROUND SUNRISE. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS GREATEST EAST OF ROUTE 131 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. AT THIS POINT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY SOUTH OF MICHIGAN. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE REMAINING MELTING SNOW AND WET GROUND WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING INTO THURSDAY. SEVERAL RIVERS MAY COME CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE. ONCE THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...COLD AIR WILL SURGE BACK IN ON VERY STRONG WINDS. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96...WINDS MAY GUST OVER 60 MPH FROM MID EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SINCE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...EVEN WITH THE STRONG WINDS... BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE REDUCED SOME. GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WDM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:39 AM EST | High Wind Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 12:04 PM EST | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.