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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 19, 2009Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2009, 12:08 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 20, 2009, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2009, 12:08 PM EDT (16:08 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2009, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 20, 2009, 10:48 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 16:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 19, 10:08 AM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 10:08 AM EDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 10:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1015 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-200930-
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-
1015 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN NOON
AND 10 PM NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO LANSING.
LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.  FREQUENT
LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS RESULTING RAPID RISES ON SMALL
STREAMS AND FLOODING OF ROADS AND UNDERPASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON BUT THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK
COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

WDM MJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:19 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:08 AM EDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:16 AM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 12:06 PM EDT, 2 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
Jun 19, 1:27 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		108 min
Jun 19, 2:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan	53 min
Jun 19, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		104 min
Jun 19, 2:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Allegan, Ottawa	6 hr
Jun 19, 3:11 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		50 min
Jun 19, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Van Buren	55 min
Jun 19, 4:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kalamazoo	41 min
Jun 19, 4:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	20 hr
Jun 19, 4:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun	49 min
Jun 19, 5:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 8 more	46 min
Jun 19, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 6 more	114 min
Jun 19, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		60 min
Jun 19, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Van Buren	56 min
Jun 19, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ottawa	82 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2009 Every 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.