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River Flood Advisory 20, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 12, 2012Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Mar 12, 2012, 11:54 AM EDT for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2012, 11:54 AM EDT (15:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Ionia County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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 Grand River at Ionia (IONM4).

Action stage
13.5 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04116000, 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 12, 7:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 7:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 11:07 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1107 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-130800-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
1107 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY MAINLY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9
PM. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60
MPH...ALTHOUGH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT. THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA IS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 AND
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SELF-ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND RELAY REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LMZ844>849-130800-
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-
1107 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO WATER CRAFT INTO THIS EVENING.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS
EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND INCREASED WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED AROUND
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

TJT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 3:18 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR17 hr
Mar 12, 11:54 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham47 hr
Mar 12, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR100 min
Mar 12, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMuskegon, Oceana57 min
Mar 12, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMason60 min
Mar 12, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake, Newaygo59 min
Mar 12, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMuskegon50 min
Mar 12, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRNewaygo60 min
Mar 12, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMecosta62 min
Mar 12, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRMecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo45 min
Mar 12, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClare, Osceola40 min
Mar 12, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRIsabella21 min
Mar 12, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR84 min
Mar 12, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRVan Buren58 min
Mar 12, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan66 min
Mar 12, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRVan Buren43 min
Mar 12, 5:38 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRVan Buren16 min
Mar 12, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMecosta61 min
Mar 12, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRKalamazoo43 min
Mar 12, 5:59 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRAllegan, Barry44 min
Mar 12, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningGRRIsabella, Mecosta37 min
Mar 12, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningGRREaton24 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2012Every 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.