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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 19, 2018Allegan County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Feb 19, 2018, 9:23 PM EST for Allegan County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 22, 2018, 10:11 AM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2018, 9:23 PM EST (02:23 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 22, 2018, 10:11 AM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2018, 9:09 PM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Allegan County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kalamazoo River near New Richmond (RCMM4).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04108660, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Feb 19, 6:57 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 6:57 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 19, 5:18 PM EST, 4 hours 5 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 20, 6:20 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Osceola	7 days
Feb 20, 6:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 6 more	55 hr
Feb 20, 6:55 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon and 3 more	54 hr
Feb 20, 1:05 PM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Newaygo	4 days
Feb 20, 1:42 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	4 days
Feb 20, 1:42 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton, Eaton	5 days
Feb 20, 1:42 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Mason	7 days
Feb 20, 1:42 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Gratiot	47 hr
Feb 20, 6:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Eaton	56 min
Feb 20, 6:34 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	5 days
Feb 20, 6:34 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	4 days

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.