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River Flood Advisory 68, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 3, 2016Osceola County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 3, 2016, 10:51 AM EDT for Osceola County, Michigan. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2016, 10:51 AM EDT (14:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Osceola County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Muskegon River at Evart (EVRM4).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04121500, 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 Apr 3, 9:55 AM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 9:55 AM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:20 AM EDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
420 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-040745-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
420 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WHITEHALL TO
ST JOHNS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SLIPPERY TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING AND TONIGHT WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW
FREEZING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER BOUT OF WINTER WEATHER AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL IS EXPECTED
TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY NORTH OF A LINE FROM WHITEHALL TO
ST JOHNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-040745-
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-
420 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT EARLY THIS MORNING
THEN AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ON MONDAY AND ALSO
FREQUENTLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MEADE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:23 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 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
Apr 2, 9:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Osceola	40 hr
Apr 2, 10:24 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		10 hr
Apr 2, 10:26 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	40 hr
Apr 3, 5:10 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Newaygo	24 hr
Apr 3, 9:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		37 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.