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River Flood Advisory 101, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 14, 2011Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 14, 2011, 11:10 AM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2011, 11:10 AM EDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2011, 11:22 AM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Red Cedar River at East Lansing (ELNM4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04112500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 14, 7:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 7:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
525 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-150930-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
525 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

OCCASIONAL RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT. LOCALLY...WATER
LEVELS WERE ALREADY HIGH IN PLACES...THUS AN INCREASED RISK FOR
FLOODING EXISTS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT...COULD
EXCEED AN INCH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED TODAY. THE MAIN RISK
WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...IN ADDITION
TO THE HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

RAINFALL ON SUNDAY COULD BE HEAVY ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A
MUSKEGON TO MOUNT PLEASANT LINE. OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN IS
LIKELY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. RISES ON AREAS RIVERS AND
STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-150930-
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-
525 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH TONIGHT.
THERE COULD ALSO BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH CLOUD TO WATER
LIGHTNING STRIKES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OVER 20 KNOTS ARE LIKELY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AN ELEVATED RISK FOR GALES EXISTS ON SUNDAY. THUS HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 5:24 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 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
May 13, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Eaton, Ionia	61 min
May 13, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton	57 min
May 13, 9:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton, Eaton, Ingham	11 hr
May 14, 12:33 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	5 days
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	4 days
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	25 days
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	24 hr
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	25 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2011 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.