Flood Watch
NWS Grand Rapids MI ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect From 2 AM EDT Saturday Through Sunday Morning
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Where
Portions of south central and southwest Michigan, including the following counties, in south central Michigan, Calhoun. In southwest Michigan, Allegan, Barry, Kalamazoo and Van Buren.
When
From 2 AM EDT Saturday through Sunday morning.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
Additional details
- Several rounds of heavy rain are expected from early Saturday morning into Saturday night. Low pressure will move our direction from the Plains which will bring high moisture content air into Southern Lower Michigan. 2 to 4 inches of rain is possible from early Saturday morning through daybreak on Sunday morning which may result in flooding of low lying areas as well as urban areas. - Saugatuck...Allegan...Plainwell...South Haven...Paw Paw... Kalamazoo...Battle Creek...Marshall...Hastings are some of the areas that may be affected. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Affected areas
- Allegan County, MI
- Barry County, MI
- Van Buren County, MI
- Kalamazoo County, MI
- Calhoun County, MI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Grand Rapids MI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TX883G97S2AEGWJZZ8CNE2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4a2cea22fc55b843959537622f50d72259efb9a4.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Grand Rapids MI
- AWIPS ID
- CAPGRR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1201
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFAGRR |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS63 KGRR 181842 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KGRR.FA.A.0005.260919T0600Z-260920T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T08:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Allegan County, MI
- Barry County, MI
- Van Buren County, MI
- Kalamazoo County, MI
- Calhoun County, MI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 026005 |
| SAME | 026015 |
| SAME | 026159 |
| SAME | 026077 |
| SAME | 026025 |
| UGC | MIZ064 |
| UGC | MIZ065 |
| UGC | MIZ071 |
| UGC | MIZ072 |
| UGC | MIZ073 |