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River Flood Advisory 63, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 24, 2018Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood advisory at Feb 24, 2018, 11:10 AM EST for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2018, 11:10 AM EST (16:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2018, 1:01 PM EST
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Newaygo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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 Muskegon River near Croton Dam (CROM4). The gauge peaked at 9.63 ft at Feb 23, 2018, 3:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04121970, 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 23, 3:28 PM EST, 19 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:28 PM EST, 19 hours 42 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
Feb 23, 10:01 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	6 days
Feb 23, 10:01 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	58 hr
Feb 24, 1:33 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Isabella	5 days
Feb 24, 9:22 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Gratiot	25 hr
Feb 24, 11:10 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	50 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Michigan, 2018 Every river flood advisory in 2018

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.