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River Flood Advisory 10, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 22, 2016Mason County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 22, 2016, 10:47 AM EST for Mason County, Michigan. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2016, 10:47 AM EST (15:47 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2016, 11:00 PM EST
In force: 60 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mason County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Pere Marquette River near Scottville (SCTM4).

Action stage: 4 ft
Minor stage: 5.5 ft
Moderate stage: 6.5 ft
Major stage: 7 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04122500, 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 Jan 22, 5:58 AM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 5:58 AM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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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.