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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 9, 2009Calhoun County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2009, 10:26 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 12, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2009, 10:26 AM EDT (14:26 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2009, 11:55 AM EDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Calhoun County, MI

The river

Written for the forecast point St. Joseph River (MI/IN) at Burlington (BURM4). The gauge peaked at 6.50 ft at Mar 12, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 6.5 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04096405, 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 Mar 9, 7:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 7:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:48 AM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
548 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-
101000-
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-
548 AM EDT MON MAR 9 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN...
CENTRAL MICHIGAN...SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN...SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
AND WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO THE INTERSTATE 94 AREA AFTER 4 AM. WHILE THE
THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RAIN AREA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE SEVERE...RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY. THIS WILL
ONLY EXASPERATE ON GOING FLOOD ISSUES IN THAT AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A WAVE ON THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM
THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BRING A SURGE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 94 AREA BEFORE NOON.

AS THE PRIMARY SYSTEM CROSSES SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN TUESDAY
EVENING...A AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE THAT
FRONTAL SYSTEM. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TUESDAY EVENING SEEMS TO
HAVE DIMINISHED SINCE THE TIMING OF THE CONVECTION HAS BEEN
DELAYED.

ONCE THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...
IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY AND MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW...AS WILL
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS BY SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY.

GIVEN THE RAIN FROM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PLUS THE ADDED RAINFALL TUESDAY...
EXPECT FLOODING ISSUES TO CONTINUE MOST OF THE WEEK NEAR CREEKS...
STREAMS AND RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. PLEASE RELAY ANY FLOODING OR
HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

WDM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 4:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 4:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 5:59 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:16 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:18 AM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:20 AM EDT, 6 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
Mar 9, 11:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	4 days
Mar 9, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	24 hr
Mar 9, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ottawa	24 hr
Mar 9, 12:01 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry	24 hr
Mar 9, 4:13 PM EDT	Flood Watch	GRR	Calhoun, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Van Buren	32 hr

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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.