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River Flood Advisory 22, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 17, 2017, 9:29 PM EST for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2017, 9:29 PM EST (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ingham County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 Red Cedar River at East Lansing (ELNM4).
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 10 ft
- Major stage
- 13 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04112500, 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, 6:56 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 6:56 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 4:10 AM EST, 17 hours 19 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 9:29 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 6 days |
| Jan 18, 3:07 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 19 hr | |
| Jan 18, 10:55 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 24 days |
Nearby
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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.