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River Flood Advisory 29, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 6, 2017Ionia County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Feb 6, 2017, 8:28 PM EST for Ionia County, Michigan. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2017, 8:28 PM EST (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2017, 10:23 AM EST
In force
8 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 01:31 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 Feb 6, 6:55 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 6:55 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:25 AM EST, 16 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 8:36 PM ESTGale WatchGRR7 hr
Feb 7, 3:27 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia and 6 more7 hr
Feb 7, 3:30 AM ESTGale WarningGRR24 hr
Feb 7, 3:30 AM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryGRR13 hr
Feb 7, 3:38 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRJackson21 hr

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.