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River Flood Advisory 37, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 12, 2012Clinton County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 12, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2012, 10:22 AM EDT
In force: 23 hr
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 15:48 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 6.16 ft at May 12, 2012, 4:00 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 11, 7:39 PM EDT, 16 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:39 PM EDT, 16 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:30 PM EDT, 19 hours 15 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 12, 6:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia	56 min
May 12, 7:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Eaton	62 min
May 12, 8:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton	54 min
May 12, 8:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Van Buren	66 min
May 12, 9:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ingham	59 min

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.