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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Feb 18, 2011, 10:02 PM EST for Isabella County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2011, 10:02 PM EST (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2011, 4:53 PM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
County Isabella County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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 Chippewa River below Mt. Pleasant (MPTM4).
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 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 04154000, 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 Feb 18, 9:15 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 9:15 PM EST, 47 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 605 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-191115- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 605 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN COULD ICE UP THE ROADS ON SUNDAY AND INTO THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ANOTHER STORM COULD DROP SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-191115- 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- 605 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS AND WAVES TO 10 FEET WILL POSE A HAZARD TO MARINERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS AND WAVES WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. OSTUNO
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Local storm report, Feb 18, 4:53 PM EST, 5 hours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 4:03 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 19, 10:48 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 48 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.