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River Flood Advisory 53, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 8, 2011Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 8, 2011, 12:02 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2011, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 10:05 AM EDT
In force
19 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 16:02 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.

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.