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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 13, 2018Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2018, 7:30 AM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2018, 7:30 AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2018, 9:35 PM EDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ingham County, MI

The river

Written for the forecast point Sycamore Creek near Holt (HHTM4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04112850, 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 May 13, 3:30 AM EDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:30 AM EDT, 4 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 5:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 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
May 13, 5:15 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	12 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2018 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.