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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2009, 11:51 AM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It took effect at May 1, 2009, 4:11 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2009, 11:51 AM EDT (15:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2009, 4:11 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2009, 10:52 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Kalamazoo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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 Portage River near Vicksburg (VCKM4).
- Action stage
- 4.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 7 ft
- Major stage
- 8 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04097170, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 36 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:17 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 23 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:17 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 34 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2009Every river flood warning 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.