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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 20, 2022Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2022, 10:05 AM EST for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2022, 10:05 AM EST (15:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2022, 10:40 AM EST
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Unknown

County Kent County, MI

The river

Written for the forecast point Grand River at Comstock Park (CMPM4).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 20, 6:48 AM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 6:48 AM EST, 3 hours 17 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, 3:38 AM EST	Wind Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	14 hr
Feb 20, 3:34 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	GRR	Clare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo and 2 more	12 hr
Feb 20, 3:37 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Michigan, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.