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River Flood Advisory 9, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 9, 2017Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Jan 9, 2017, 8:56 PM EST for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2017, 8:56 PM EST (01:56 UTC)
Expired: Jan 16, 2017, 2:00 PM EST
In force: 7 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 01:56 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 Comstock Park (CMPM4).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 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 Jan 9, 6:58 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 6:58 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 2:05 PM EST, 6 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
205 PM EST MON JAN 9 2017

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-101915-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
205 PM EST MON JAN 9 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...
WITH LOCALLY UP TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 10. THE
SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TOWARD SUNRISE.
TRAVEL IMPACTS MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE
TUESDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE MIXTURE OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL
RAIN TUESDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.

ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION ARE POSSIBLE
LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AND AGAIN LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-101915-
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-
205 PM EST MON JAN 9 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO MARINERS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

MWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 8:56 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	12 days
Jan 9, 8:56 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan	5 days
Jan 9, 8:56 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	24 days
Jan 10, 3:30 AM EST	High Wind Watch	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	11 hr
Jan 10, 11:00 AM EST	River Flood Watch	GRR	Ottawa	48 hr
Jan 10, 2:24 PM EST	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	13 hr

Nearby

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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.