× Hydrologic Outlook
Until 2025-04-01T21:30:00-04:00 • National Weather Service
ESFGRR Soils are getting saturated and water levels on some of our rivers continue to rise after several recent rainstorms. The next chance for heavy rain moves into our area on Wednesday, bringing the potential for an inch or more of rain to most of Southern Lower Michigan. This could result in some flooding issues both during the storms and also later this week as the water moves into and through the river systems. The good news is that water levels are currently near or slightly below average on the Grand and Kalamazoo rivers, but some of the tributaries - especially around the Lansing area - could overflow into the minor flood category by Thursday morning. Similarly, the Muskegon River is already running high, and an additional inch or more of rain has the potential to cause some minor flooding there as well. While we'll continue to adjust our rain and river forecast over the next 2 days, now is the time for folks living or playing near the rivers in West Michigan to prepare for rising water levels later this week. Your latest forecast is always at www.weather.gov/grr This statement will be updated Tuesday afternoon or earlier.