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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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.
- 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 66 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 7 days |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 13 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 13 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 13 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Muskegon | 13 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Mecosta | 4 days |
| Apr 9, 11:23 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Isabella | 13 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:30 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:35 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GRR | 38 hr | |
| Apr 10, 3:38 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm | 55 min |
| Apr 10, 9:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 60 min | |
| Apr 10, 9:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Van Buren | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 10:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun, Jackson | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton | 17 days |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 13 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Muskegon | 47 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Newaygo | 13 days |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Isabella | 4 days |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 20 days |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ottawa | 19 days |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ingham | 13 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton | 35 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 53 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 7 days |
| Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 7 days |
| Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 3 days |
| Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 3 days |
| Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 30 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:03 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Gratiot | 42 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Jackson | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 3:26 PM EDT | Freezing Rain Advisory | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo and 2 more | 15 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.