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River Flood Advisory 49, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 10, 2013Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 10, 2013, 12:03 PM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2013, 12:03 PM EDT (16:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2013, 5:47 PM EDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Kent County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Thornapple River at Caledonia (CLDM4).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04118000, 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, 7:42 PM EDT, 16 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 7:42 PM EDT, 16 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 7:28 PM EDT, 16 hours 35 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
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	Ionia	8 days
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	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

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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.