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River Flood Advisory 113, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 28, 2013Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 28, 2013, 11:22 AM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2013, 11:22 AM EDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 10:03 PM EDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sycamore Creek near Holt (HHTM4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 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 04112850, 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 28, 7:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 7:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:17 AM EDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
517 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-
290930-
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-MASON-LAKE-
OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-
GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
517 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL...BUT THERE IS
ALSO A LOW CHANCE OF A TORNADO AS WELL. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE
FROM WEST TO EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

OSTUNO

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 10:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 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 28, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	5 days
May 28, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella	60 min
May 28, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ingham, Jackson	56 min
May 28, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Eaton, Ingham	58 min
May 28, 5:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Ingham	38 min
May 28, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clinton, Eaton	43 min
May 28, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clinton, Ionia	46 min
May 28, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton	55 min
May 28, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ionia	45 min
May 28, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton	43 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2013 Every river flood advisory in 2013

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.