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River Flood Advisory 17, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 12, 2017Barry County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 12, 2017, 10:52 PM EST for Barry County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2017, 10:52 PM EST (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 2017, 9:05 PM EST
In force: 15 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Barry County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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 Thornapple River at Hastings (HSTM4). The gauge peaked at 5.81 ft at Jan 21, 2017, 12:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04117500, 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 Jan 12, 6:38 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:38 PM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 3:37 AM EST, 19 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
337 AM EST THU JAN 12 2017

LMZ844>849-MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-
130845-
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-MASON-LAKE-
OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-
GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
337 AM EST THU JAN 12 2017

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME SLIPPERY ROADS
TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LIGHT SNOW COULD IMPACT TRAVEL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

OSTUNO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 10:52 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2017 Every river flood advisory in 2017

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.