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River Flood Advisory 178, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

December 4, 2011Barry County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Dec 4, 2011, 11:09 AM EST for Barry County, Michigan. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2011, 11:09 AM EST (16:09 UTC)
Expired: Dec 8, 2011, 9:02 PM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Barry County, MI

The river

Written for the forecast point Thornapple River at Hastings (HSTM4). The gauge peaked at 4.97 ft at Dec 8, 2011, 4:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04117500, 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 Dec 3, 3:15 PM EST, 19 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 3:15 PM EST, 19 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 3:15 PM EST, 19 hours 54 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
Dec 4, 11:03 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		17 hr
Dec 4, 11:09 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	10 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.