Alert archive / Michigan / River Flood Advisories in 2017
River Flood Advisory 41, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Feb 28, 2017, 11:22 AM EST for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2017, 11:22 AM EST (16:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 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 16:26 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 Feb 28, 6:50 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 6:50 AM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 11:00 AM EST, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 1100 AM EST Tue Feb 28 2017 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-010830- Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon- Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton- Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson- 1100 AM EST Tue Feb 28 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight There is a marginal risk for severe thunderstorms, the primary threat being large hail and wind damage, from mid evening into early Wednesday morning. That threat will for the most part be near and south of Interstate 96. There is also the threat for locally heavy rainfall near and south of Interstate 96 and that too will be this evening into the early morning hours of Wednesday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Snow could impact travel Wednesday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this evening. LMZ844>849-010830- 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- 318 AM EST Tue Feb 28 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Conditions could become hazardous to Mariners on Wednesday and Thursday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Conditions could be hazardous to Mariners on Wednesday and Thursday. Ostuno wdm
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:54 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 5 days |
| Feb 27, 9:54 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Osceola | 5 days |
| Feb 27, 9:54 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Newaygo | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Jackson | 36 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 5 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 12 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 5 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 6 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Calhoun | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Isabella | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 1:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mason | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 1:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake | 50 min |
| Feb 28, 2:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Mason | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Clare, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo, Oceana and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:08 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 29 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.