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River Flood Advisory 88, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 5, 2016Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 5, 2016, 4:48 PM EDT for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2016, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2016, 4:47 AM EDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Newaygo County, MI

The river

Written for the forecast point Muskegon River near Croton Dam (CROM4).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04121970, 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 May 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 5:24 AM EDT, 11 hours 24 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
May 5, 1:15 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		7 hr
May 5, 10:58 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	7 days
May 5, 10:58 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry	4 days

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.