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River Flood Advisory 57, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 31, 2016Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Mar 31, 2016, 11:03 AM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2016, 11:03 AM EDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 9:58 PM EDT
In force: 7 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 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River at Comstock Park (CMPM4).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 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 31, 10:15 AM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 10:15 AM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 9:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
930 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-011045-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
930 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN NOON AND ABOUT
800PM. IT IS NOT OUT THE QUESTION THAT SOME OF THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND OR HAIL TO 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 DURING THIS TIME. MORE
LIKELY THROUGH MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH HAIL TO AROUND
A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY
TODAYS STORMS AS WELL. STORMS TODAY WILL RACE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG
SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT ALREADY HAVE ELEVATED LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY.

RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO THIS WEEKEND AT LEAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY TODAY.

LMZ844>849-011045-
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-
930 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALLER CRAFT BOTH TODAY AND
TONIGHT ON LAKE MICHIGAN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
LAKE FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STORMS WILL CONTAIN
CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POTENTIALLY SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY BEHIND A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY TODAY.

DUKE WDM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 9:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 10:10 AM EDT, 53 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 30, 10:45 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	8 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.