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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 20, 2013Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2013, 11:19 AM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2013, 11:19 AM EDT (15:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2013, 10:24 PM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity: Minor

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 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 Sycamore Creek near Holt (HHTM4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04112850, 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 Apr 19, 6:51 PM EDT, 16 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:51 PM EDT, 16 hours 28 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 19, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ionia	58 min
Apr 19, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Clinton, Eaton	57 min
Apr 19, 9:49 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	15 hr
Apr 19, 9:49 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Muskegon	48 hr
Apr 19, 10:35 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		17 hr
Apr 20, 4:46 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	65 hr
Apr 20, 5:02 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Mason	7 days
Apr 20, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	16 days
Apr 20, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	8 days
Apr 20, 3:58 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kalamazoo	5 days

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.