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River Flood Advisory 66, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 3, 2017Kalamazoo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Apr 3, 2017, 11:10 PM EDT for Kalamazoo County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2017, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2017, 3:14 PM EDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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 Kalamazoo River at Comstock (CMSM4).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04106000, 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 9:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 11:51 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Osceola	8 days
Apr 4, 11:51 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Isabella	8 days
Apr 4, 3:43 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		60 hr
Apr 4, 3:43 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		28 hr
Apr 4, 3:58 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	GRR	Clare, Ionia, Isabella, Kent, Lake, Mecosta and 3 more	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2017 Every 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.