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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 15, 2009Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2009, 11:20 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It took effect at May 16, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2009, 11:20 PM EDT (03:20 UTC)
In effect from
May 16, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 16, 2009, 10:56 AM EDT
In force
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 03:22 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.

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 May 15, 9:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 9:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 7:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
715 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-161015-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
715 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. RAINFALL COULD BE
HEAVY WITH LOCALLY MORE THAN AN INCH WHERE THE STORMS PERSIST. THE
MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM LATE TONIGHT CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT BUT THE
OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS QUITE LOW.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HIGH THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION TONIGHT IS UNLIKELY BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO PLEASE PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND RAPIDS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LMZ844>849-161015-
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-
715 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSE AS A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT LATER TONIGHT.
GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.
THE MAIN STORM MOTION WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION TONIGHT IS UNLIKELY BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO PLEASE PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND RAPIDS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LAURENS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 11:25 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRCalhoun59 hr
May 15, 11:25 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRCalhoun46 hr
May 15, 11:35 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIonia12 hr
May 15, 11:46 PM EDTGale WarningGRR23 hr
May 16, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRJackson62 min
May 16, 2:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRJackson7 hr
May 16, 3:27 PM EDTFreeze WarningGRRClare, Lake, Mecosta, Newaygo, Osceola17 hr
May 16, 3:41 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR7 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.