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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 12, 2013Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2013, 4:10 PM EDT for Ionia County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 12, 2013, 11:45 PM EDT. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2013, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2013, 11:45 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2013, 5:46 AM EDT
In force
54 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity
Minor

County Ionia County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 Grand River at Ionia (IONM4).

Action stage
13.5 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04116000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 8:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more24 hr
Apr 11, 10:47 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton60 hr
Apr 12, 10:15 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRMuskegon67 hr
Apr 12, 11:08 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent5 days
Apr 12, 4:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKent3 days
Apr 12, 4:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKent19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2013Every river flood warning 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.