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River Flood Advisory 32, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 10, 2017Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Feb 10, 2017, 10:59 AM EST for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2017, 10:59 AM EST (15:59 UTC)
Expired
Feb 12, 2017, 1:00 AM EST
In force
38 hr
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 16:03 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 Red Cedar River near Williamston (WMSM4).

Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
10.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04111379, 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 10, 6:24 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 6:24 AM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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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.