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River Flood Advisory 41, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 28, 2017Kent County, Michigan

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 9:54 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham5 days
Feb 27, 9:54 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRROsceola5 days
Feb 27, 9:54 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRNewaygo4 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRJackson36 hr
Feb 28, 11:22 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham5 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton12 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIonia5 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRBarry6 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRCalhoun62 hr
Feb 28, 11:22 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIsabella4 days
Feb 28, 1:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMason46 min
Feb 28, 1:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRLake50 min
Feb 28, 2:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRMason25 min
Feb 28, 3:05 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRClare, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo, Oceana and 1 more30 hr
Feb 28, 3:08 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR29 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.