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River Flood Advisory 91, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 13, 2016Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at May 13, 2016, 10:22 AM EDT for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2016, 10:22 AM EDT (14:22 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2016, 10:10 AM EDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ionia County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Ionia (IONM4).

Action stage: 13.5 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04116000, 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 13, 7:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:35 AM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
435 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-140830-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
435 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING AND
MONDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-140830-
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-
435 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY INTO
EARLY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MEADE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 5:20 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	4 days
May 13, 5:20 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	8 days
May 13, 12:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		39 hr
May 13, 3:30 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	GRR	Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 4 more	12 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.