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River Flood Advisory 35, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 5, 2012Barry County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 5, 2012, 8:36 PM EDT for Barry County, Michigan. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2012, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2012, 9:42 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Barry County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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 Thornapple River at Hastings (HSTM4). The gauge peaked at 4.89 ft at May 6, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
5 ft
Minor stage
7 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 04117500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.