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River Flood Advisory 28, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 8, 2016Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Mar 8, 2016, 11:50 AM EST for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2016, 11:50 AM EST (16:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2016, 11:50 AM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ionia County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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 Flat River at Smyrna (SMYM4). The gauge peaked at 4.77 ft at Mar 10, 2016, 11:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
5.5 ft
Minor stage
8.5 ft
Moderate stage
9.5 ft
Major stage
10.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04116500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 7:49 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham4 days
Mar 8, 10:59 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR16 hr
Mar 8, 11:13 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchGRRKent7 days
Mar 8, 11:50 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent24 hr
Mar 8, 11:50 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham6 days
Mar 8, 11:50 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRROsceola6 days
Mar 8, 11:50 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRNewaygo6 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2016Every 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.