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River Flood Advisory 65, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 1, 2016Ottawa County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 1, 2016, 12:22 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2016, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ottawa County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 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 Robinson Township (RBNM4).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 13.3 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 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, 7:59 PM EDT, 16 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:59 PM EDT, 16 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 7:40 PM EDT, 16 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
740 PM 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-
740 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE ADJACENT TO THE LAKE SHORE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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-
740 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALLER CRAF. AREAS OF DENSE
FOG ARE POSSIBLE.

.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 93

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 10:17 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	52 hr
Mar 31, 10:50 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	6 days
Mar 31, 10:50 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry	8 days
Mar 31, 10:50 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Muskegon	3 days
Mar 31, 10:50 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Gratiot	51 hr
Apr 1, 11:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Clinton	4 days
Apr 1, 3:37 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		31 hr
Apr 1, 3:37 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		19 hr

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.