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River Flood Advisory 172, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

November 28, 2011Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Nov 28, 2011, 9:11 PM EST for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 17 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 28, 2011, 9:11 PM EST (02:11 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2011, 11:30 AM EST
In force: 17 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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 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 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 Nov 28, 7:47 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 7:47 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 5:27 AM EST, 15 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
527 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-291030-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
527 AM EST MON NOV 28 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY POTENTIALLY LEADING TO RAPID
RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG WITH SOME URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS SOUTHEAST OF A
HOLLAND TO ALMA LINE.

A RISK FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW EXISTS FOR LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. THUS THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS
SOUTHEAST OF A SOUTH HAVEN TO MOUNT PLEASANT LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-291030-
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-
527 AM EST MON NOV 28 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 28, 9:11 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	62 hr
Nov 28, 9:11 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	11 days
Nov 28, 9:11 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	50 hr
Nov 29, 3:30 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 3 more	8 hr
Nov 29, 10:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Jackson	5 hr
Nov 29, 11:48 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 3 more	21 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.