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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1037 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MICHIGAN...
PORTAGE RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG AFFECTING KALAMAZOO 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.
MIC077-291645-
/O.CON.KGRR.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/VCKM4.1.ER.260415T0055Z.260419T1725Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1037 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PORTAGE RIVER NEAR VICKSBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.0 FEET, EXPECT OVERFLOWS INTO WOODED AREAS, YARDS,
A FEW OUTBUILDINGS, AND FARMLAND ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:00 PM EDT SUNDAY, APRIL 26 THE STAGE WAS 5.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 5.1
FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
5.1 FEET ON 04/01/1949.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4208 8552 4211 8553 4215 8548 4216 8544
4211 8544 4208 8547
RAH
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