953  
WGUS43 KGRR 161225  
FLWGRR  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI  
825 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS MI HAS ISSUED A  
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...  
 
CHIPPEWA RIVER BELOW MT. PLEASANT AFFECTING ISABELLA 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.  
 
 
 
MIC073-171430-  
/O.NEW.KGRR.FL.W.0042.260416T1800Z-260418T1800Z/  
/MPTM4.U.ER.260416T1800Z.260417T0600Z.260418T0600Z.NO/  
825 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...CHIPPEWA RIVER BELOW MT. PLEASANT.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, EXPECT MINOR FLOODING OF ISLAND PARK AND  
NELSON PARK IN WESTERN MT. PLEASANT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:15 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 8.2 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
8.0 FEET ON 03/09/2009.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4362 8485 4367 8475 4366 8461 4358 8461  
4360 8472 4356 8480  
 
 
 
AMD  
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