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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 14, 2014Newaygo County, Osceola County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flash flood watch at Apr 14, 2014, 5:33 PM EDT for Newaygo County, Osceola County, Michigan. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2014, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2014, 4:51 PM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity: None

Counties Newaygo County, MI, Osceola County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 13, 7:50 PM EDT, 21 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 7:50 PM EDT, 21 hours 43 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 13, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Muskegon, Ottawa, Van Buren	94 min
Apr 13, 9:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Gratiot	59 hr
Apr 13, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Clinton, Eaton	65 min
Apr 13, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm	62 min
Apr 14, 11:48 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	6 days
Apr 14, 4:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Clare, Lake, Mason, Osceola	4 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Michigan, 2014 Every flash flood watch in 2014

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.