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WGUS43 KGRR 152050
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
450 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS MI HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL AFFECTING MUSKEGON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR.
MIC121-162300-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FL.W.0041.260415T2050Z-260418T0900Z/
/WHTM4.U.ER.260415T1745Z.260416T1200Z.260417T2100Z.NO/
450 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
THIS IS NOT RELATED TO, OR AN INDICATION OF, ANY DEVELOPMENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSSIBLE OVERTOPPING OF THE HESPERIA DAM WHICH
IS UPSTREAM. THE CURRENT FLOODING IS A RESULT OF THE GENERAL HIGH
WATER CONDITIONS ON THE WHITE RIVER.
* WHERE...WHITE RIVER NEAR WHITEHALL.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF SEVERAL COTTAGES,
CANOE LIVERIES, AND FARMLAND ALONG THE RIVER.
AT 7.5 FEET, EXPECT MODERATE FLOODING OF FARMLANDS AND COTTAGES
ALONG THE RIVER. HIGH WATER REACHES THE FIRST FLOOD OF SOME HOMES
AND CANOE LIVERIES ALONG THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 4:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 6.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 6.8
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
6.9 FEET ON 04/14/2014.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4344 8638 4352 8618 4360 8607 4354 8601
4346 8613 4338 8633
AMD
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