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River Flood Advisory 56, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 30, 2016Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Mar 30, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 11:29 AM EDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Kent County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River at Lowell (LWLM4).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 30, 9:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 9:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 1:50 PM EDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
150 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-311000-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
150 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MAY BRING ADDITIONAL
RIVER FLOODING AS LEVELS ARE ALREADY ELEVATED ON SOME AREA
RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS WELL. STORMS IN THE MIDDAY
TO EARLY EVENING HOURS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE. A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR
SOUTH HAVEN TO BATTLE CREEK WITH A MARGINAL RISK FURTHER NORTH.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY RISKS.  THE STORMS
WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

COLDER WEATHER ALONG WITH SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY TIME FRAME. COLD WEATHER TUESDAY
MORNING OF NEXT WEEK ESPECIALLY WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR
SUSCEPTIBLE EARLY SEASON FRUIT TREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-311000-
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-
150 PM EDT WED MAR 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALLER CRAFT TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL REMAIN A HAZARD TO SMALLER CRAFT THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE LAKE THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

DUKE MJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 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
Mar 30, 10:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Newaygo	6 days
Mar 31, 11:03 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	7 days
Mar 31, 11:03 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	7 days
Mar 31, 11:03 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	4 days
Mar 31, 11:03 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Mecosta	59 hr
Mar 31, 11:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Mecosta	42 min
Mar 31, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake, Mason, Oceana	54 min
Mar 31, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		40 min
Mar 31, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana	55 min
Mar 31, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta	66 min
Mar 31, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		46 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Ottawa	51 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Eaton	56 min
Mar 31, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kent	44 min
Mar 31, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella, Montcalm	56 min
Mar 31, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	94 min
Mar 31, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Eaton	39 min
Mar 31, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ingham, Jackson	85 min

Nearby

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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.