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River Flood Advisory 8, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 18, 2016Ottawa County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 18, 2016, 8:13 PM EST for Ottawa County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2016, 8:13 PM EST (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 20, 2016, 8:02 AM EST
In force
36 hr
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 01:13 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 12:15 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Muskegon, Ottawa39 min
Jan 19, 12:54 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Muskegon, Ottawa27 hr

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.