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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 10, 2009Kent County, Michigan

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 3:39 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 7 more12 hr
Feb 10, 12:04 PM ESTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more24 hr
Feb 10, 3:38 PM ESTWind AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more37 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.