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River Flood Advisory 32, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Mar 21, 2011, 10:45 AM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 22 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2011, 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2011, 10:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
County Clinton County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Maple River at Maple Rapids (MRPM4).
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 13 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04115000, 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 Mar 21, 8:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 8:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 514 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-220915- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 514 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO HAVE SOME STANDING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR THE PERIOD FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAIN ACROSS THE AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND SOME SLEET ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A BALDWIN TO MT. PLEASANT LINE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. AREAS SOUTH OF THAT LINE TO JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 WILL SEE RAIN CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A HOLLAND TO JACKSON LINE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. LMZ844>849-220915- 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- 514 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT AT LEAST FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT SOUTH OF HOLLAND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. NJJ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 21, 8:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent, Ottawa | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 8:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 7 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ionia | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Van Buren | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kalamazoo | 39 min |
| Mar 21, 4:06 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:43 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 5 days |
| Mar 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Kent, Muskegon | 12 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 10 more | 51 hr |
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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.