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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 15, 2026Barry County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2026, 12:19 PM EDT for Barry County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 16, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2026, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 6, 2026, 12:19 PM EDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Unknown

County Barry County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Thornapple River at Hastings (HSTM4). The gauge peaked at 7.53 ft at Apr 18, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 7 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 04117500, 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 Apr 15, 7:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 7:43 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 5:14 AM EDT, 7 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 26 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
Apr 14, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon, Newaygo	35 min
Apr 14, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		117 min
Apr 14, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Newaygo, Ottawa	88 min
Apr 14, 9:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana	6 hr
Apr 14, 9:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Newaygo	25 min
Apr 14, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Montcalm	65 min
Apr 14, 10:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Ottawa	29 min
Apr 14, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent	57 min
Apr 14, 10:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Montcalm	36 min
Apr 14, 10:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Montcalm	13 hr
Apr 14, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		81 min
Apr 14, 10:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ionia	56 min
Apr 14, 10:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Kent	24 min
Apr 14, 10:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Ionia, Montcalm	13 min
Apr 14, 11:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Clinton, Gratiot	44 min
Apr 14, 11:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Barry, Ionia	27 min
Apr 14, 11:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Van Buren	63 min
Apr 14, 11:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Clinton	29 min
Apr 14, 11:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Gratiot	28 min
Apr 14, 11:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Gratiot	12 hr
Apr 14, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRR	Clinton	30 min
Apr 14, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Barry, Eaton	83 min
Apr 14, 11:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Allegan	29 min
Apr 14, 11:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	84 min
Apr 14, 11:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Barry	35 min
Apr 15, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Van Buren	27 min
Apr 15, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ingham	66 min
Apr 15, 12:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GRR	Jackson	64 min
Apr 15, 12:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton, Ingham	6 hr
Apr 15, 5:38 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		67 min
Apr 15, 6:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan	55 min
Apr 15, 6:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Newaygo, Oceana	8 hr
Apr 15, 7:45 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Clinton	3 days
Apr 15, 10:08 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	GRR		53 hr
Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	5 hr
Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Gratiot	5 days
Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Clinton	21 days
Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	21 days
Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	6 days
Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	6 days
Apr 15, 12:19 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ionia	6 days
Apr 15, 12:21 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	4 days
Apr 15, 2:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	GRR	Oceana	5 days
Apr 15, 4:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Muskegon	5 days

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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.