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River Flood Advisory 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 15, 2016Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 15, 2016, 10:48 AM EST for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2016, 10:48 AM EST (15:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
In force
7 days
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 15:54 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 Grand River at Ionia (IONM4).

Action stage
13.5 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
23 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04116000, 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
Jan 15, 4:05 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR4 days
Jan 15, 10:48 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham62 hr
Jan 15, 10:48 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton5 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.