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River Flood Advisory 20, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 17 hr | |
| Mar 12, 11:54 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 47 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 100 min | |
| Mar 12, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon, Oceana | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mason | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake, Newaygo | 59 min |
| Mar 12, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Muskegon | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Newaygo | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mecosta | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Clare, Osceola | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Isabella | 21 min |
| Mar 12, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 84 min | |
| Mar 12, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Van Buren | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan | 66 min |
| Mar 12, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Van Buren | 16 min |
| Mar 12, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mecosta | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Isabella, Mecosta | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Eaton | 24 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.