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River Flood Advisory 183, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Dec 17, 2011, 9:56 AM EST for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 17 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2011, 9:56 AM EST (14:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2012, 1:00 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 15:00 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 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 Dec 17, 6:17 AM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 6:17 AM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 5:39 AM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 539 AM EST SAT DEC 17 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-181045- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 539 AM EST SAT DEC 17 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW TODAY COULD MAKE FOR SOME SLIPPERY ROADS. ONLY AN INCH OR TWO IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR TUESDAY ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-181045- 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- 539 AM EST SAT DEC 17 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOUTHWEST GALES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. OSTUNO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 17, 9:47 AM EST, 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:57 PM EST | Gale Warning | GRR | 36 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:57 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 24 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2011Every 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.