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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 27, 2019Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Jan 27, 2019, 5:46 AM EST for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2019, 5:46 AM EST (10:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 2019, 11:08 AM EST
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Newaygo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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 at Bridgeton (BDGM4). The gauge peaked at 13.82 ft at Jan 27, 2019, 5:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04122025, 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 Jan 27, 4:35 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 4:35 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 3:21 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 16 more5 days
Jan 27, 3:21 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson and 2 more40 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.