Alert archive / Michigan / Flood Watches in 2011

Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 4, 201115 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flood watch at Mar 4, 2011, 2:06 PM EST for 15 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 4, 2011, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2011, 2:06 PM EST (19:06 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 5, 2011, 3:27 AM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity: None

Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 4, 12:45 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 12:45 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 5:36 AM EST, 8 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
536 AM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-051045-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
536 AM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FOR
THE MOST PART THE FREEZING RAIN WILL NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96.

RAIN WILL BECOME MORE PERSISTENT BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA
AND WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME AREAS MAY SEE AROUND AN
INCH OF RAIN BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. THIS MAY RESULT MINOR FLOODING
OF CREEKS AND UNDERPASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SATURDAY. SEVERAL
INCHES OF WET SNOW ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY BEFORE THE
PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN
FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO MID MORNING SATURDAY. SOME CREEKS MAY GO
OUT OF THEIR BANKS... SOME ROADS MAY HAVE WATER OVER THEM... SOME
FARM FIELDS MY HAVE FLOODING.

ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER SIMILAR STORM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF HEAVY
RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS...SOME FLOOD POTENTIAL. IT WOULD NOT BE
OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL FOLLOW THE STORM THURSDAY WITH SOME
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-051045-
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-
536 AM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL WATER CRAFT SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 4, 8:07 AM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
807 AM EST FRI MAR 04 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0806 AM     FREEZING RAIN    HESPERIA                43.57N 86.04W
03/04/2011  M0.10 INCH       NEWAYGO            MI   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROADS VERY ICY.

&&

MKALEMBK

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 8:10 AM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Mar 4, 8:27 AM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
827 AM EST FRI MAR 04 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0826 AM     FREEZING RAIN    BIG RAPIDS              43.70N 85.48W
03/04/2011  E0.00 INCH       MECOSTA            MI   COCORAHS

            TRACE OF FREEZING RAIN.

&&

MKALEMBK

Local storm report, Mar 4, 10:45 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1045 AM EST FRI MAR 04 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1041 AM     FREEZING RAIN    3 NE MONTAGUE           43.45N 86.32W
03/04/2011  E0.10 INCH       MUSKEGON           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, Mar 4, 1:10 PM EST, 56 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Mar 4, 1:30 PM EST, 36 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 4:22 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GRR	Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 11 more	29 hr
Mar 4, 8:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 5 more	2 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Jackson	12 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	28 days
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	12 days
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	23 hr
Mar 4, 4:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		45 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Michigan, 2011 Every flood watch in 2011

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.