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River Flood Advisory 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 13, 2014Mason County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 13, 2014, 7:29 AM EST for Mason County, Michigan. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2014, 7:29 AM EST (12:29 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2014, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mason County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:33 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 Pere Marquette River near Scottville (SCTM4).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 5.5 ft
Moderate stage: 6.5 ft
Major stage: 7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04122500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Jan 13, 6:03 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 6:03 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 6:35 AM EST, 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
635 AM EST MON JAN 13 2014

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-141100-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
635 AM EST MON JAN 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WITH RISING WATER LEVELS...THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK FOR ICE BREAK
UP AND ICE JAMS THROUGH TONIGHT.

BACK ROADS COULD BE ICY...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A POTENTIAL FOR ICE BREAK UPS AND ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE.

A PERIOD OF SNOW TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO SLICK
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-141100-
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-
635 AM EST MON JAN 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MUCH
OF THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 9:20 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan	4 days
Jan 13, 3:30 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Clare, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Lake, Mason and 7 more	44 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2014 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.