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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 9, 2013Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 9, 2013, 11:23 PM EDT for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2013, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2013, 9:55 PM EDT
In force
8 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 03:23 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 Flat River at Smyrna (SMYM4). The gauge peaked at 7.21 ft at Apr 18, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
5.5 ft
Minor stage
8.5 ft
Moderate stage
9.5 ft
Major stage
10.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04116500, 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 Apr 9, 10:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 10:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 7:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
728 PM EDT TUE APR 9 2013

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-100900-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
728 PM EDT TUE APR 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF M-46. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTEC. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT FORECASTED. RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO
THURSDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR FLOODING.
CONSIDERABLE RISES ARE FORECASTED FOR AREA RIVERS AND THEY WILL
NEED TO BE MONITORED THROUGH THE WEEK.

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECASTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING MAINLY NORTH OF
A MUSKEGON TO LANSING LINE THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN
INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-100900-
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-
728 PM EDT TUE APR 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

DENSE FOG OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BOATING
CONDITIONS.

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT NORTH OF
WHITEHALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS DUE TO DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST INTO
WEDNESDAY.

BOATING CONDITIONS  WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT DUE TO HIGH
WINDS AND WAVES NORTH OF WHITEHALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MJS 93

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIonia66 hr
Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham7 days
Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton13 hr
Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton13 hr
Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent13 hr
Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRMuskegon13 hr
Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRMecosta4 days
Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIsabella13 hr
Apr 10, 3:30 AM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more41 hr
Apr 10, 3:35 AM EDTGale WarningGRR38 hr
Apr 10, 3:38 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRClare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo and 2 more12 hr
Apr 10, 9:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRGratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm55 min
Apr 10, 9:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR60 min
Apr 10, 9:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Van Buren57 min
Apr 10, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia67 min
Apr 10, 10:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Kalamazoo, Van Buren59 min
Apr 10, 11:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun, Jackson60 min
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRClinton17 days
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKent13 hr
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRMuskegon47 hr
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRNewaygo13 days
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRIsabella4 days
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKent20 days
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRROttawa19 days
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRIngham13 hr
Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRClinton35 hr
Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent53 hr
Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent7 days
Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent7 days
Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham3 days
Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRBarry3 days
Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent30 hr
Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRGratiot42 hr
Apr 10, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRJackson53 min
Apr 10, 3:26 PM EDTFreezing Rain AdvisoryGRRClare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo and 2 more15 hr

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.