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River Flood Advisory 101, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 16, 2016Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Aug 16, 2016, 11:28 AM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2016, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kalamazoo River at Comstock (CMSM4).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04106000, 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 Aug 16, 10:48 AM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:48 AM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 5:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
558 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-171000-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
558 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS AND FIELDS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL
CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT. RIVER
AND STREAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AS IT WILL
TAKE TIME FOR THE WATER TO MOVE THROUGH THE RIVER SYSTEMS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...BUT SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERNS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

FLOODING ISSUES WILL CONTINUE ON AREA RIVERS AND IN LOW SPOTS FOR
MUCH OF THIS WEEK.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING AGAIN BEING
THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-171000-
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-
558 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT. CLOUD TO
WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT TO MARINERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

DUKE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 8:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
838 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 AM     FLOOD            1 NE KALAMAZOO          42.28N 85.58W
08/16/2016                   KALAMAZOO          MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WOODTV REPORTS FLOODING OF CROSSTOWN PARKWAY
            BETWEEN PARK STREET AND PORTAGE STREET.
            FLOODING IS ALSO IMPACTING PARK STREET
            BETWEEN CROSSTOWN PARKWAY AND VINE STREET
            AND VINE STREET BETWEEN JASPER AND PORTAGE
            STREET.

&&

HOVING

Local storm report, Aug 16, 8:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
842 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 AM     FLOOD            3 SSE BATTLE CREEK      42.26N 85.20W
08/16/2016                   CALHOUN            MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WWMT REPORTS FLOODING IMPACTING THE ARBORS
            APARTMENTS.

&&

HOVING

Local storm report, Aug 16, 8:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
854 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SSW MCBRIDE           43.33N 85.06W
08/16/2016  M3.00 INCH       MONTCALM           MI   PUBLIC

            NO FLOODING WAS NOTICED AROUND THE AREA. .

&&

WDM

Local storm report, Aug 16, 9:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
949 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0852 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SSE SANDSTONE         42.21N 84.48W
08/16/2016  M5.20 INCH       JACKSON            MI   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FACEBOOK REPORT RELAYED BY WLNS.

&&

HOVING

Local storm report, Aug 16, 10:55 AM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 11:10 AM EDT, 18 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
Aug 15, 10:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo, Van Buren	11 hr
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	Allegan	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2016 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.