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River Flood Advisory 20, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 17, 2017Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 17, 2017, 12:15 PM EST for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2017, 12:15 PM EST (17:15 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2017, 10:05 AM EST
In force: 12 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Kent County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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 Lowell (LWLM4).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 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.

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 17, 11:57 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 11:57 AM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 4:10 AM EST, 8 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
410 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-180915-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
410 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE
RECENT RAINFALL AND ICE IN THE RIVERS.

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED HOWEVER
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING IS POSSIBLE AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN FALL THAT MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS. THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.

AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN NORTH AND EAST OF BIG RAPIDS WILL END BY
MID MORNING AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING. BACK
ROADS AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 MAY
STILL HAVE SOME ICE ON THEM INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PATCHY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY.

THE WATER LEVEL IN THE RIVERS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED DURING THE
PERIOD. A RISK FOR ICE JAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL INTO TUESDAY COULD CAUSE AN INCREASE THE IMPACTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-180915-
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-
410 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE NEAR SHORE WATERS INTO MID MORNING.
THE GREATEST HAZARDS WILL BE VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN HEAVY
RAIN AND CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

WDM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 17, 7:32 AM EST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
732 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NNE PAW PAW           42.27N 85.86W
01/17/2017  M1.25 INCH       VAN BUREN          MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 3 NNE PAW
            PAW /MI-VB-4/.

0730 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NNW BEECHWOOD         42.82N 86.15W
01/17/2017  M1.20 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 2 NW
            BEECHWOOD /MI-OW-14/.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BLOOMINGDALE            42.38N 85.97W
01/17/2017  M1.08 INCH       VAN BUREN          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL. CO-OP OBSERVER STATION
            BLOOMINGDALE /BLMM4/.

0655 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NE NORTON SHORES      43.17N 86.24W
01/17/2017  M1.03 INCH       MUSKEGON           MI   ASOS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. ASOS STATION MUSKEGON COUNTY
            AIRPORT /MKG/.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 SSE WOODVILLE         43.61N 85.64W
01/17/2017  M1.01 INCH       NEWAYGO            MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 4 SE
            WOODVILLE /MI-NW-8/.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 ENE KEELER            42.13N 86.11W
01/17/2017  M1.00 INCH       VAN BUREN          MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 3 ENE KEELER
            /MI-VB-8/.

&&

CAS

Local storm report, Jan 17, 10:48 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1048 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1046 AM     FREEZING RAIN    1 W MCBRIDE             43.35N 85.06W
01/17/2017  E0.10 INCH       MONTCALM           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            .

&&

NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Jan 17, 11:24 AM EST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1124 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 E MACATAWA            42.77N 86.16W
01/17/2017  M1.24 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 2 E MACATAWA
            /MI-OW-44/.

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W FENNVILLE           42.59N 86.12W
01/17/2017  M1.20 INCH       ALLEGAN            MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION FENNVILLE
            /MI-AN-4/.

0741 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSW ALLENDALE         42.97N 85.96W
01/17/2017  M1.17 INCH       OTTAWA             MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 1 SSW
            ALLENDALE /MI-OW-30/.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BATTLE CREEK            42.31N 85.23W
01/17/2017  M1.14 INCH       CALHOUN            MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION BATTLE CREEK
            /MI-CN-13/.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 WSW GRANDVILLE        42.90N 85.78W
01/17/2017  M1.12 INCH       KENT               MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 1 WSW
            GRANDVILLE /MI-KN-14/.

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 WSW PLAINWELL         42.44N 85.65W
01/17/2017  M1.10 INCH       ALLEGAN            MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION PLAINWELL
            /MI-AN-25/.

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       GRAND LEDGE             42.76N 84.75W
01/17/2017  M1.07 INCH       EATON              MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION GRAND LEDGE
            /MI-ET-5/.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W HASTINGS            42.65N 85.30W
01/17/2017  M1.07 INCH       BARRY              MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL. CO-OP OBSERVER STATION
            HASTINGS /HASM4/.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 ESE ASSYRIA           42.45N 85.10W
01/17/2017  M1.04 INCH       BARRY              MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 2 ESE
            ASSYRIA /MI-BR-6/.

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 E PLAINWELL           42.45N 85.54W
01/17/2017  M1.02 INCH       BARRY              MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION PLAINWELL
            5.4 E /MI-BR-9/.

0900 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SE EAST GRAND RAPIDS  42.93N 85.58W
01/17/2017  M1.00 INCH       KENT               MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 1 ESE EAST
            GRAND RAPIDS /MI-KN-84/.

0730 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 ENE JACKSON           42.25N 84.38W
01/17/2017  M1.00 INCH       JACKSON            MI   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 1 ENE
            JACKSON /MI-JC-7/.

&&

CAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 9:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kalamazoo	63 hr
Jan 16, 9:41 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kalamazoo	36 hr
Jan 17, 4:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Kent, Muskegon and 2 more	113 min
Jan 17, 11:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Clinton	3 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.