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River Flood Advisory 95, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Nov 23, 2014, 9:46 PM EST for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2014, 9:46 PM EST (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ionia County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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 Flat River at Smyrna (SMYM4). The gauge peaked at 5.20 ft at Nov 24, 2014, 3:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 5.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 8.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9.5 ft
- Major stage
- 10.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04116500, 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 Nov 23, 9:15 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 9:15 PM EST, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 23, 9:32 PM EST, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 932 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-240845- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 932 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY OCCUR TONIGHT DUE TO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE. THERE WILL BE A A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE TONIGHT TOWARD DAYBREAK ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 69. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY. RISES ON THE RIVERS ARE LIKELY BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE AT THIS TIME. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN AREAS INCLUDING LANSING...JACKSON...AND BATTLE CREEK. WINDS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LESS WIND FURTHER NORTH AND WEST. SLIPPERY WINTRY TRAVEL WILL REDEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS COLD AIR AND SNOW SHOWERS RETURN. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-240845- 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- 932 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINDS AND WAVES WILL OFTEN BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT NEXT WEEK. GALE FORCE WINDS FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW SQUALLS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES AT TIMES LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MEADE NJJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 9:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 59 hr |
| Nov 23, 9:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 4 days |
| Nov 23, 9:46 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 63 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:55 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Nov 24, 4:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 41 hr | |
| Nov 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Mason | 5 days |
| Nov 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Muskegon | 67 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 4 days |
| Nov 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 6 days |
| Nov 24, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 4 days |
| Nov 24, 4:01 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Newaygo | 42 hr |
Nearby
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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.