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River Flood Advisory 121, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 26, 2011Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 26, 2011, 11:05 AM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2011, 11:05 AM EDT (15:05 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2011, 10:49 PM EDT
In force: 5 days
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 15:16 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 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 25, 7:35 PM EDT, 15 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 7:35 PM EDT, 15 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 6:26 PM EDT, 16 hours 39 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 25, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	6 days
May 25, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	9 days
May 25, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	7 days
May 26, 3:41 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		19 hr
May 26, 11:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Jackson	48 hr
May 26, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	9 days
May 26, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	59 hr
May 26, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kalamazoo	8 days
May 26, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan	9 days

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.