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River Flood Advisory 68, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 25, 2011Calhoun County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 25, 2011, 11:52 AM EDT for Calhoun County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2011, 11:52 AM EDT (15:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 11:33 AM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Calhoun County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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 Kalamazoo River at Marshall (MARM4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 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 04103500, 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 Apr 25, 7:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 7:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 6:54 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 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
Apr 25, 11:52 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	24 hr
Apr 25, 11:52 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	14 days
Apr 25, 3:25 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		24 hr

Nearby

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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.