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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 9, 2015Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 9, 2015, 10:40 AM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2015, 10:40 AM EDT (14:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 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 Sycamore Creek near Holt (HHTM4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04112850, 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 Apr 9, 7:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 7:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:27 AM EDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
427 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-100830-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
427 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND MOST OF TONIGHT.
THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT THREAT...FOLLOWED BY LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO
CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IS FROM NEAR I-96 AND SOUTH... MOSTLY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 1 AM.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
FRIDAY DURING THE DAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES WHICH IN TURN MAY RESULTS IN LOCALIZED POWER
OUTAGES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

LMZ844>849-100830-
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-
427 AM EDT THU APR 9 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY TONIGHT. SOME STORMS SOUTH OF
MUSKEGON COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...HIGH WINDS
AND WAVES... AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MAIN THREAT IS BETWEEN 3
PM AND 1 AM. AREAS OF FOG AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE AFTER MIDNIGHT RESULTING
HAZARDOUS WINDS AND WAVES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

GALE FORCE WINDS INTO FRIDAY EVENING WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS. WINDS AND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE
BY EVENING FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

WDM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 1:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren	87 min
Apr 9, 2:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren	83 min
Apr 9, 3:40 AM EDT	Gale Watch	GRR		13 hr
Apr 9, 4:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson and 2 more	89 min
Apr 9, 10:40 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	7 days
Apr 9, 10:40 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	5 days
Apr 9, 10:40 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	8 days
Apr 9, 2:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 15 more	45 hr
Apr 9, 3:55 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	23 hr
Apr 9, 4:22 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		22 hr
Apr 9, 4:41 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	69 hr
Apr 9, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Calhoun	55 min

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.