River Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Issued

May 3, 2012, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)

In effect from

May 4, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

Expired

May 4, 2012, 10:39 AM EDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Flood severity

Minor

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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.

Written for the forecast point Portage River near Vicksburg (VCKM4).

Action stage

4.5 ft

Minor stage

5 ft

Moderate stage

7 ft

Major stage

8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04097170, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

496 
WGUS43 KGRR 040150
FLWGRR


BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
950 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

  PORTAGE RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG AFFECTING KALAMAZOO COUNTY

.  A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL
SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH FRIDAY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT.THE FOLLOWING FORECAST IS BASED ON
OBSERVED AND FORECAST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK 
YOU OFF YOUR FEET... AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR.  
NEVER TRY TO WALK... SWIM... OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER.  IF 
YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS... STOP... TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.


THIS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW ITS FLOOD 
STAGE.  

STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL 
RADIO... TELEVISION... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.


ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR HOMEPAGE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR.  

&&

MIC077-050350-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FL.W.0002.120505T0000Z-120506T0000Z/
/VCKM4.1.ER.120505T0000Z.120505T0000Z.120505T0000Z.UU/
950 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PORTAGE RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG.
* FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 5.0 
  FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 5.0 FEET...EXPECT OVERFLOWS INTO WOODED AREAS AND 
  FARMLAND ADJACENT TO THE RIVER 
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 5.0 FEET 
  ON SEP 4 1975.  

$$
MJK

503 
WGUS83 KGRR 041439
FLSGRR


FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1039 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

  PORTAGE RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG AFFECTING KALAMAZOO COUNTY

.LESS RAIN FELL OVER THE BASIN THAN FORECAST AND SO THE RIVER IS
GOING TO CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  THE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON CALLS
FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THE FOLLOWING FORECAST IS
BASED ON OBSERVED AND FORECAST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND 
BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL 
RADIO... TELEVISION... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.


ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR HOMEPAGE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR.  

&&

MIC077-041509-
/O.CAN.KGRR.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120506T0000Z/
/VCKM4.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1039 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE PORTAGE RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG.
* AT  7:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 4.3 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER IS FORECAST TO HOLD STEADY TODAY AND THEN FALL TO 4.3
  FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 4.5 FEET...RIVER IS NEAR BANKFULL
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 4.6 FEET 
  ON JUN 7 2010.  

$$

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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.