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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 12, 2014Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood watch at May 12, 2014, 10:07 PM EDT for Newaygo County, Michigan. It took effect at May 14, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2014, 10:07 PM EDT (02:07 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 17, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Newaygo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Muskegon River near Croton Dam (CROM4).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04121970, 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 watch 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 watch went out at May 12, 7:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 7:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 5:00 AM EDT, 17 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
500 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-
130900-
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-MASON-LAKE-
OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-
GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
500 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE BIGGEST THREATS ARE
HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. STORM
MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OSTUNO

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 4:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 4:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 5:01 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 5:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 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 12, 10:07 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	GRR	Clinton	4 days
May 12, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Osceola	6 days
May 12, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	15 days
May 12, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	62 hr
May 12, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	8 days
May 12, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	6 days
May 12, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Muskegon	5 days
May 12, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon	60 min
May 12, 11:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana	12 hr
May 12, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon	61 min
May 13, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Muskegon	51 hr
May 13, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	6 days
May 13, 11:28 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	15 days
May 13, 5:04 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Newaygo	21 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.