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River Flood Advisory 95, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

November 23, 2014Ionia County, Michigan

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.

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 9:46 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham59 hr
Nov 23, 9:46 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton4 days
Nov 23, 9:46 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent63 hr
Nov 24, 2:55 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRClare, Isabella, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 6 more32 hr
Nov 24, 2:56 AM ESTWind AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 5 more19 hr
Nov 24, 4:07 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR41 hr
Nov 24, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRMason5 days
Nov 24, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRMuskegon67 hr
Nov 24, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIonia4 days
Nov 24, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton6 days
Nov 24, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRBarry4 days
Nov 24, 4:01 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRNewaygo42 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2014Every 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.