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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 29, 2013Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Jan 29, 2013, 12:03 PM EST for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 30, 2013, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2013, 12:03 PM EST (17:03 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 10:49 PM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 warning went out at Jan 29, 6:46 AM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 6:46 AM EST, 5 hours 17 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
Jan 29, 2:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Jackson and 4 more	85 min
Jan 29, 4:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia and 9 more	53 min
Jan 29, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	6 days
Jan 29, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	36 hr
Jan 29, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	10 days
Jan 29, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry	4 days
Jan 29, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan	23 hr
Jan 29, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Mason	18 days
Jan 29, 12:14 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Muskegon	35 hr
Jan 29, 3:52 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		21 hr
Jan 29, 5:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ionia, Kent	58 min
Jan 29, 6:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Gratiot	25 min

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.