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River Flood Advisory 19, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 10, 2012Mason County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Mar 10, 2012, 10:38 AM EST for Mason County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2012, 10:38 AM EST (15:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2012, 9:46 AM EDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Mason County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 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 Pere Marquette River near Scottville (SCTM4).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 5.5 ft
Moderate stage: 6.5 ft
Major stage: 7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04122500, 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 10, 7:23 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 7:23 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 4:39 AM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
439 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-110945-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
439 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH NEAR
THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE MAY CAUSE LOCAL POWER OUTAGES AND MAKE
DRIVING SOME VEHICLES MORE DIFFICULT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK.

LMZ844>849-110945-
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-
439 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOUTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS AND WAVES TO 10 FEET WILL RESULT IN
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN
TODAY. WHILE WINDS AND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN HAZARDOUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK.

WDM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 3:33 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren	14 hr
Mar 10, 3:06 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		28 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2012 Every river flood advisory in 2012

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.