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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood watch at Apr 28, 2017, 11:51 AM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It took effect at May 2, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2017, 11:51 AM EDT (15:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kent County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 11:51 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Ingham | 4 days |
| Apr 28, 11:51 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Clinton | 5 days |
| Apr 28, 11:51 AM EDT | River Flood Watch | GRR | Kalamazoo | 36 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:03 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ionia and 10 more | 63 hr |
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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.