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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 17, 2020Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2020, 12:26 PM EDT for Ingham County, Michigan. It took effect at May 18, 2020, 7:15 AM EDT. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2020, 12:26 PM EDT (16:26 UTC)
In effect from
May 18, 2020, 7:15 AM EDT
Expired
May 21, 2020, 6:39 AM EDT
In force
71 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 3:40 AM EDTGale WarningGRR38 hr
May 17, 8:26 AM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more18 hr
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKent11 days
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRROttawa14 days
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRBarry6 days
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKalamazoo7 days
May 17, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRAllegan, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa30 hr
May 17, 6:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRBarry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 9 more33 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.