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Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 19, 2014Kent County, Ottawa County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this flood watch at Mar 19, 2014, 5:39 PM EDT for Kent County, Ottawa County, Michigan. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2014, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2014, 10:39 AM EDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Flood severity: None

Counties Kent County, MI, Ottawa County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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 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 flood watch went out at Mar 19, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 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
Mar 19, 11:12 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	20 days
Mar 19, 11:12 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	18 days
Mar 19, 11:12 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	11 days
Mar 19, 11:12 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	7 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Michigan, 2014 Every 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.