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River Flood Advisory 97, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 14, 2011Clinton County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 14, 2011, 12:33 AM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2011, 12:33 AM EDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2011, 9:32 PM EDT
In force: 5 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 04:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Looking Glass River near Eagle (EAGM4). The gauge peaked at 6.02 ft at May 15, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04114498, 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 May 14, 12:20 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 12:20 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 5:33 AM EDT, 19 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
533 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-140945-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
533 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. ANY
STORMS TODAY WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND COULD BE HEAVY ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A
MUSKEGON TO MOUNT PLEASANT LINE. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. THIS WOULD CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-140945-
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-
533 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT. CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS MAY POSE A RISK TO MARINERS.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL LIMIT THE VISIBILITY INTO THIS EVENING.

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT AS A NORTHERLY
FLOW SETS UP. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS OVER 20 KNOTS ARE LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE
WEEKEND. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR GALES EXISTS ON SUNDAY. THUS
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 10:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 10:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 11:41 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 11:45 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 13, 11:49 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 12:25 AM EDT, 8 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
May 13, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Eaton, Ionia	61 min
May 13, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton	57 min
May 13, 9:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton, Eaton, Ingham	11 hr
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	4 days
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	24 hr
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	25 days
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	24 hr
May 14, 11:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	25 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2011 Every 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.