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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 4, 2026Clinton County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2026, 12:48 AM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 4, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2026, 12:48 AM EDT (04:48 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 12, 2026, 2:00 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 04:49 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).

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 Apr 3, 7:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 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 4, 12:48 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kalamazoo	4 days
Apr 4, 8:51 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	GRR	Ottawa	8 days
Apr 4, 8:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Clinton	4 days
Apr 4, 8:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	9 days
Apr 4, 8:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	4 days
Apr 4, 8:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	62 hr
Apr 4, 8:51 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Newaygo	5 days
Apr 4, 9:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton, Ingham	6 hr
Apr 4, 10:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Isabella	5 hr
Apr 4, 10:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	5 hr
Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	GRR	Ionia	4 days
Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	GRR	Kent	5 days
Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	GRR	Kent	71 hr
Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ingham	48 hr
Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Newaygo	6 days
Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Barry	6 days
Apr 4, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	4 days
Apr 4, 4:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRR	Lake	6 hr

Nearby

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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.