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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 3, 2017Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 3, 2017, 10:30 AM EST for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2017, 10:30 AM EST (15:30 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2017, 1:00 AM EST
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 15:33 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 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 Jan 3, 6:38 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 6:38 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 8:44 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
844 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2017

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-040845-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
844 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2017

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FOG WILL BE LOCALLY DENSE LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. DRIVING
CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SNOW SHOWERS WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
FRIDAY, MAINLY WEST OF US-131.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-040845-
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-
844 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2017

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FOG WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS TODAY.

WIND AND WAVES WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BE HAZARDOUS TO
SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WIND AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 3:38 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake and 7 more	3 days
Jan 3, 6:13 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	67 hr
Jan 3, 10:01 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	5 hr
Jan 3, 10:30 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	39 hr
Jan 3, 3:45 PM EST	Gale Warning	GRR		30 hr

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.