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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 11, 2026Clinton County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2026, 8:39 AM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2026, 8:39 AM EDT (12:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2026, 12:01 PM EDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Unknown

County Clinton County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maple River at Maple Rapids (MRPM4). The gauge peaked at 9.63 ft at Mar 12, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04115000, 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 11, 7:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 7:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 4:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 7:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent, Ottawa43 min
Mar 10, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR63 min
Mar 10, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan, Ottawa42 min
Mar 10, 8:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRKent, Ottawa45 min
Mar 10, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent, Ottawa64 min
Mar 10, 9:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRRKent, Ottawa4 hr
Mar 10, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm64 min
Mar 10, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRIonia, Kent36 min
Mar 10, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR79 min
Mar 10, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRRClinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm3 hr
Mar 10, 10:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGRRKent, Muskegon, Ottawa3 hr
Mar 10, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKent, Muskegon, Newaygo, Ottawa42 min
Mar 10, 10:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRGratiot, Montcalm56 min
Mar 10, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningGRR62 min
Mar 10, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGRRGratiot17 min
Mar 11, 12:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo20 min
Mar 11, 12:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun36 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.