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WGUS43 KGRR 161527
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1127 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...
ROGUE RIVER BELOW ROCKFORD AFFECTING KENT COUNTY.
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MICHIGAN...
GRAND RIVER NEAR COMSTOCK PARK AFFECTING KENT COUNTY.
MUSKEGON RIVER NEAR CROTON AFFECTING NEWAYGO COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR.
MIC081-171730-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FL.W.0043.260416T1527Z-260419T0000Z/
/ROCM4.U.ER.260416T1308Z.260417T1200Z.260418T1200Z.NO/
1127 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...ROGUE RIVER BELOW ROCKFORD.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.5 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS ON PORTIONS OF THE TRAILS
AT THE ROCKFORD DOG PARK.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:00 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 8.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.5
FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
8.5 FEET ON 10/04/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4306 8562 4310 8562 4313 8559 4313 8551
4309 8555 4306 8555
MIC081-171730-
/O.CON.KGRR.FL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CMPM4.3.ER.260416T1145Z.260420T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1127 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...GRAND RIVER NEAR COMSTOCK PARK.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING ON HOMES ALONG ABRIGADOR
TRAIL, WILLOW DRIVE, RIVERBANK STREET AND KONKLE DRIVE. IN
COMSTOCK PARK AND PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP APPROXIMATELY 100 HOMES
AFFECTED BY FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:45 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:45 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.4
FEET EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.4 FEET ON 05/21/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4298 8572 4308 8570 4309 8557 4302 8559
4303 8562 4297 8563
MIC123-171730-
/O.CON.KGRR.FL.W.0028.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CROM4.3.ER.260415T0647Z.260417T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1127 AM EDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MUSKEGON RIVER NEAR CROTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:15 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 12.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.8
FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.9 FEET ON 04/15/2014.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4335 8604 4345 8582 4346 8570 4342 8562
4338 8578 4328 8604
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