Alert archive / Michigan / River Flood Warnings in 2014

River Flood Warning 18, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 7, 2014Gratiot County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Jul 7, 2014, 9:23 AM EDT for Gratiot County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 7, 2014, 12:42 PM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2014, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 7, 2014, 12:42 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 9, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Gratiot County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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 Pine River at Alma (ALMM4).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04155000, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jul 7, 6:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 5:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 7:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 7, 7:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 7, 7:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 7, 7:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 7, 8:37 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:17 AM EDT, 6 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		48 min
Jul 6, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Montcalm	64 min
Jul 6, 9:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kent	55 min
Jul 6, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ottawa	37 min
Jul 6, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm	18 min
Jul 6, 9:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Montcalm	6 hr
Jul 6, 10:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	5 hr
Jul 6, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Barry, Ionia, Kent	45 min
Jul 6, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kent	59 min
Jul 6, 11:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm	12 hr
Jul 6, 11:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta	6 hr
Jul 6, 11:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Ionia	96 min
Jul 7, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ionia	32 min
Jul 7, 12:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clinton	54 min
Jul 7, 12:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Clinton	12 hr
Jul 7, 12:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta, Newaygo	12 hr
Jul 7, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm and 2 more	65 min
Jul 7, 1:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot	57 min
Jul 7, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, Kent	66 min
Jul 7, 3:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Kalamazoo and 1 more	87 min
Jul 7, 3:42 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	8 days
Jul 7, 3:42 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	13 days
Jul 7, 4:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo	83 min
Jul 7, 4:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo	6 hr
Jul 7, 5:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Barry, Eaton, Ingham	12 hr
Jul 7, 11:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2014 Every river flood warning 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.