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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 7, 2026Ingham County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Mar 7, 2026, 10:19 AM EST for Ingham County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 8, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2026, 10:19 AM EST (15:19 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 8, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 8, 2026, 6:52 PM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Unknown

County Ingham County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 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 Red Cedar River at East Lansing (ELNM4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04112500, 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 Mar 7, 6:48 AM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 6:48 AM EST, 3 hours 31 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
Mar 6, 7:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun	20 min
Mar 6, 8:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	2 hr
Mar 7, 2:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	39 hr
Mar 7, 3:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake, Mason, Oceana, Osceola	65 min

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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.