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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2013, 10:01 PM EST for Ottawa County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 5, 2013, 6:37 AM EST. It was in force for 8 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2013, 10:01 PM EST (03:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2013, 6:37 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2013, 6:17 PM EST
- In force
- 8 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Ottawa County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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 Grand River at Robinson Township (RBNM4).
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 13.3 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Feb 4, 6:28 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 6:28 PM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 3:05 PM EST, 6 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 305 PM EST MON FEB 4 2013 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-052015- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 305 PM EST MON FEB 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND MAY RESULT IN SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. SOME FLOODING CONCERNS REMAIN WITH ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS AND ICE JAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. LOCATIONS NORTH OF GRAND HAVEN ALONG THE LAKE SHORE CAN EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OTHERWISE...A GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THIS SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME IMPACTS TO TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTES. ICE JAMS AND FLOODING FROM ICE JAMS WILL REMAIN A CONCERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WARMER TEMPERATURES AND SOME RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEKEND THAT POSSIBLY INCREASING THE ICE JAM THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LMZ844>849-052015- 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- 305 PM EST MON FEB 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 4, 5:44 PM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 8:59 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ottawa | 28 min |
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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.