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River Flood Advisory 142, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 28, 2011Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jul 28, 2011, 4:16 AM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2011, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2011, 11:23 AM EDT
In force: 7 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 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 28, 1:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:35 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 10:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1024 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-281945-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
1024 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS TONIGHT MAY
BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

POTENTIAL FLOODING IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AT TIMES AND WILL TEND TO AFFECT THE SAME AREAS.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WITH SOME
HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. LOCATIONS THAT SEE NUMEROUS WAVES OF
THUNDERSTORMS COULD SEE FLASH FLOODING OCCUR OVERNIGHT. THE AREAS
MOST PRONE TO FLOODING TONIGHT ARE AREAS SOUTH OF A MUSKEGON TO
ALMA LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...THOUGH SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

LMZ844>849-281945-
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-
1024 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 40 KTS MAY BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS
WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 KTS MAY BE POSSIBLE FROM
THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

DUKE/MACZKO/NJJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 11:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1139 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2011

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

1123 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W HUDSONVILLE         42.87N 85.88W
07/27/2011  M2.80 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL.

1123 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 ENE ROCKFORD          43.14N 85.48W
07/27/2011  M3.60 INCH       KENT               MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL FROM THE EAST SIDE OF MYERS LAKE.

&&

KN

Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:14 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 12:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 12:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 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
Jul 27, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon and 1 more	12 hr
Jul 27, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		2 hr
Jul 27, 8:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more	32 hr
Jul 27, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Eaton	53 min
Jul 27, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		2 hr
Jul 27, 10:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton, Ingham, Jackson	56 min
Jul 27, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ingham	68 min
Jul 27, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ottawa	89 min
Jul 27, 10:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	10 hr
Jul 27, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kent	2 hr
Jul 27, 10:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson	11 hr
Jul 27, 11:47 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	5 hr
Jul 28, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon, Oceana	115 min
Jul 28, 12:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Barry	9 hr
Jul 28, 1:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon	2 hr
Jul 28, 1:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo	8 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	7 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	7 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	7 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	7 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	8 days
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	7 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	7 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	7 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	17 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	7 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry	30 hr
Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	7 hr

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.