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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1248 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS MI HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
MAPLE RIVER AT MAPLE RAPIDS AFFECTING CLINTON COUNTY.
PORTAGE RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG AFFECTING KALAMAZOO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR.
MIC077-041700-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FL.W.0006.260404T1500Z-260408T0000Z/
/VCKM4.U.ER.260404T1500Z.260405T0000Z.260407T0000Z.NR/
1248 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO TUESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...PORTAGE RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO TUESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.5 FEET, MINOR BASEMENT FLOODING BEGINS AT THE FIRST
HOUSE NEAR THE GAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THERE IS NO CURRENT OBSERVED DATA.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 5.3 FEET THIS EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
5.4 FEET ON 06/30/1978.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4208 8552 4211 8553 4215 8548 4216 8544
4211 8544 4208 8547
MIC037-041700-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FL.W.0007.260404T1800Z-260412T1800Z/
/MRPM4.U.ER.260404T1800Z.260407T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1248 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY, APRIL 12
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MAPLE RIVER AT MAPLE RAPIDS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY, APRIL 12.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTY LINE ROAD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:15 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 9.9 FEET
MONDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.9 FEET ON 04/06/2023.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4302 8495 4314 8471 4317 8456 4310 8457
4308 8468 4298 8493
NJJ
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