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River Flood Advisory 80, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 15, 2014Isabella County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 15, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT for Isabella County, Michigan. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 64 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Isabella County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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 Chippewa River below Mt. Pleasant (MPTM4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04154000, 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 May 15, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 6:25 AM EDT, 15 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
625 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-161030-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
625 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE
RECENT RAINFALL. ANY FLOODING IS FORECASTED TO REMAIN  MINOR.

FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE WEEKEND
AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT RAINFALL. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT FORECASTED.

FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-161030-
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-
625 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH TODAY.
WINDS AND WAVES WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 6:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 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
May 16, 11:12 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	51 hr
May 16, 2:50 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	17 hr
May 16, 7:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	5 days

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.