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WGUS43 KGRR 151621
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1221 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...
THORNAPPLE RIVER NEAR CALEDONIA AFFECTING KENT COUNTY.
.1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF LOWER
MICHIGAN. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THAT
HAVE OCCURRED IN MANY SPOTS PREVIOUSLY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
STORMS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS COULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 1.5
INCHES OF RAIN, MAKING FLOODING WORSE.
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.
MIC081-161830-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FL.W.0040.260416T1648Z-260422T0600Z/
/CLDM4.1.ER.260416T1648Z.260418T0600Z.260421T1800Z.NO/
1221 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 22...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...THORNAPPLE RIVER NEAR CALEDONIA.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, HIGH WATER BEGINS TO IMPACT HOME ON ISLAND
BELOW CASCADE DAM.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:45 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 11.7 FEET EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.7 FEET ON 04/19/2013.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4293 8544 4273 8544 4273 8541 4268 8550
4273 8551 4298 8552
AMD
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