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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this areal flood warning at Aug 15, 2016, 10:58 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016, 10:58 PM EDT (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 9:46 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 15, 10:32 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 10:32 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 5:32 AM EDT, 17 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 532 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-160945- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 532 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. POTENTIAL HEAVIER SWATHS OF RAIN TOTALING 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL MAKE FLOODING A POSSIBILITY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. SOME LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BUT IT SHOULD LIFT BY MID MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAVIER RAIN MAY CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON TUESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-160945- 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- 532 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A HUMID AIR MASS MOVES OVER THE LAKE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DUKE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 15, 10:50 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 13 days |
| Aug 16, 2:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Jackson | 18 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Ingham | 37 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 4 days |
| Aug 16, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 3 days |
| Aug 16, 11:28 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Calhoun | 15 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:28 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kalamazoo | 3 days |
| Aug 16, 11:28 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan | 4 days |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2016Every areal flood warning in 2016
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.