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River Flood Advisory 31, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Feb 7, 2017, 9:00 PM EST for Barry County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2017, 9:00 PM EST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2017, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 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 02:00 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 4.49 ft at Feb 12, 2017, 5:00 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 Feb 7, 6:41 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 6:41 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 4:50 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 450 PM EST Tue Feb 7 2017 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-082200- Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon- Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton- Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson- 450 PM EST Tue Feb 7 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .Day One...Tonight Temperatures will drop quickly this evening which may cause sidewalks and parking lots to freeze up and become icy. .Days Two through Seven...Wednesday through Monday A period of snow showers can be expected late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Roads could be slick from U.S. 131 westward for the Thursday morning commute. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. LMZ844>849-082200- 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- 450 PM EST Tue Feb 7 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .Day One...Tonight Winds will increase to gale force late this evening and continue into early Wednesday morning. .Days Two through Seven...Wednesday through Monday Hazardous boating conditions are forecasted for small craft through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. JK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 7, 3:40 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 3:27 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 12 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:51 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 31 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2017Every 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.