Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2005
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 23, 2005, 4:01 PM EST for 11 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 24, 2005, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2005, 4:01 PM EST (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2005, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2005, 9:51 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KGRR 232101 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 401 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PLOW THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS EVENING. VERY COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEST OF US-131 ON THANKSGIVING DAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CARRY THE SNOW SHOWERS INLAND AS WELL. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-240515- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0001.051124T0000Z-051125T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0001.051124T1000Z-051125T1000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART... WHITE CLOUD...MUSKEGON...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 401 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY WEST OF US-131. STRONG WINDS GUSTING IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE WILL CARRY SNOW SHOWERS INLAND AS WELL. TRAVEL ON THANKSGIVING DAY MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES AS BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-240515- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0001.051124T0000Z-051125T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.051124T1000Z-051124T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 401 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY WEST OF US-131. STRONG WINDS GUSTING IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE WILL CARRY SNOW SHOWERS INLAND AS WELL. TRAVEL ON THANKSGIVING DAY MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES AS BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ OSTUNO
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRR 240051 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 751 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS NOW MOVING INTO WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. VERY COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEST OF US-131 ON THANKSGIVING DAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CARRY THE SNOW SHOWERS INLAND AS WELL. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-240900- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.051124T1000Z-051125T1000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART... WHITE CLOUD...MUSKEGON...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 751 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM EST FRIDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY WEST OF US-131. STRONG WINDS GUSTING IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE WILL CARRY SNOW SHOWERS INLAND AS WELL. TRAVEL ON THANKSGIVING DAY MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES AS BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-240900- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.051124T1000Z-051124T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 751 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY WEST OF US-131. STRONG WINDS GUSTING IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE WILL CARRY SNOW SHOWERS INLAND AS WELL. TRAVEL ON THANKSGIVING DAY MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES AS BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 240415 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1115 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 .A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ARCTIC AIR INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF US 131 DUE TO A COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-241215- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.051124T1000Z-051125T1000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART... WHITE CLOUD...MUSKEGON...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1115 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 5 AM EST FRIDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY WEST OF US 131. STRONG WINDS GUSTING IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE WILL CARRY SNOW SHOWERS INLAND AS WELL. TRAVEL ON THANKSGIVING DAY MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES AS BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-241215- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.051124T1000Z-051124T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1115 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL CARRY SNOW SHOWERS WELL INLAND. TRAVEL ON THANKSGIVING DAY MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES AS BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 240846 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 346 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 .ARCTIC AIR IS POURING INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH TODAY. INSTABILITY WILL CLIMB DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAKE TODAY AND AS A RESULT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL BELOW A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-241700- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.051124T1000Z-051125T1000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART... WHITE CLOUD...MUSKEGON...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 346 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES IN THE WARNING AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. THAT COMBINATION WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-241700- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.051124T1000Z-051124T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 346 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND MOVE INLAND ON NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ 93
000 WWUS43 KGRR 241540 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1040 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 .ARCTIC AIR IS POURING INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH TODAY. INSTABILITY WILL CLIMB DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAKE TODAY AND AS A RESULT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL BELOW A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-242345- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051125T1000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART... WHITE CLOUD...MUSKEGON...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1040 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES IN THE WARNING AREA. A TOTAL OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY WHERE SNOW BANDS PERSIST. THE SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIME AND MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TODAY. THE COMBINED ELEMENTS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION OR JUST STAY OFF THE ROADS IF POSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-242300- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051124T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1040 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND MOVE INLAND ON NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MWH
000 WWUS43 KGRR 242056 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 356 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 .ARCTIC AIR CONTINUED TO POUR IN TO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD AIR...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL COMBINE OVERNIGHT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY TO THE ON HALF TO ONE MILE RANGE IN SNOW BANDS. MIZ050-056-057-065-242200- /O.EXB.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.051124T2100Z-051125T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051124T2100Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS... HASTINGS 356 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING EXPIRES AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND MOVE INLAND ON NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IN THE ADVISORY AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MIZ037-038-043-044-064-071-072-250500- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051125T1000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART... WHITE CLOUD...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 356 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES IN THE WARNING AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WHERE SNOW BANDS PERSIST. THE SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIME AND MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TODAY. THE COMBINED ELEMENTS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION OR STAY OFF THE ROAD IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION OR JUST STAY OFF THE ROADS IF POSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-242200- /O.EXT.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051124T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 356 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND MOVE INLAND ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SNOWFALL WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE OVERNIGHT WHERE SNOW BANDS PERSIST BUT THERE SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANT PERIODS OF TIME WHERE THERE IS NO SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MWH
000 WWUS43 KGRR 242124 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 424 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 .ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COLD AIR...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL COMBINE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP RAPIDLY TO THE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE RANGE IN SNOW BANDS. MIZ050-056-057-065-250530- /O.EXP.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051124T2100Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051125T1000Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS... HASTINGS 424 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND MOVE INLAND ON NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IN THE ADVISORY AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-242230- /O.EXP.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051124T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 424 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MIZ037-038-043-044-064-071-072-250530- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051125T1000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART... WHITE CLOUD...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 424 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST FRIDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES IN THE WARNING AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WHERE SNOW BANDS PERSIST. THE SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIME AND MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. THE COMBINED ELEMENTS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION OR STAY OFF THE ROAD IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION OR JUST STAY OFF THE ROADS IF POSSIBLE. $$ LAURENS OSTUNO MWH
000 WWUS43 KGRR 250251 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 951 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT... .AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEGINS TO RELAX WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME LESS OF A THREAT BY LATE TONIGHT. COLD AIR STILL REMAINS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE GENERATED THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHGIAN. MIZ037-038-043-044-064-071-072-251100- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051125T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0002.051125T0251Z-051125T1700Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART... WHITE CLOUD...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 951 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH VISIBILITIES BRIEFLY DECREASING TO A MILE AND A HALF. AS WINDS DECREASE OVERNIGHT VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 2 MILES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ050-056-057-065-251100- /O.CAN.KGRR.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051125T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0002.051125T0251Z-051125T1700Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS... HASTINGS 951 PM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH VISIBILITIES BRIEFLY DECREASING TO A MILE AND A HALF. AS WINDS DECREASE OVERNIGHT VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 2 MILES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL LOCAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 93
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 23, 3:05 PM EST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 3:05 PM EST, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 305 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 .SHORT TERM... PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN IS FOR SNOW AMOUNTS AND POTENTIAL FOR EITHER WARNING CRITERIA SNOW OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WILL HOIST A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN HALF BEGINNING AT 10Z THURSDAY...GOING UNTIL 10Z FRIDAY. FOR TONIGHT...POTENT NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND SFC CYCLOGENESIS ALONG ARCTIC BOUNDARY LEADS TO STRONG SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPING ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN BY LATE TONIGHT. INCREASING WINDS WILL HERALD THE ARRIVAL OF ARCTIC AIR...WITH THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS BEGINNING BY DAYBREAK AS LAKE TO 850MB TEMP DIFFERENCE APPROACHES 30C. EXTREME INSTABILITY MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSNOW AND WILL ADD THAT TO FORECAST FROM 10Z TO 20Z THURSDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA. SFC TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS MOST PLACES BY 12Z. ON THURSDAY...THERE SHOULD BE NEARLY STEADY TEMPS AS STRONG CAA CONTINUES. STRONG SPEED SHEAR SHOULD PREVENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS FROM GETTING WELL ORGANIZED...BUT EVEN CELLULAR NATURE OF THE LAKE EFFECT COULD RESULT IN STORM TOTALS NEAR WARNING CRITERIA NEAR THE LAKE. THE MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE THE WIND CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND THIS WILL BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF SHOULD MEAN BETTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS THERE...BUT THERE STILL COULD BE TRAVEL PROBLEMS FROM BLOWING SNOW. FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...GRADIENT SLACKENS ENOUGH TO REDUCE SPEED SHEAR AND ALLOW SOME MORE ORGANIZED SNOW BANDS. INSTABILITY IS DECREASING AS THE NIGHT GOES ON...BUT THE LAKE TO 850 MB TEMP DIFFERENCE IS STILL AROUND 20C THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. EXPECT THE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEM TO DECREASE FOR ALL BUT THE LAKESHORE BY LATE EVENING...BUT SNOW ACCUMS COULD BE MEETING WARNING CRITERIA CLOSE TO THE LAKE IF ORGANIZED BANDS DEVELOP. FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...LAKE EFFECT PERSISTS UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY WHEN INVERSION HEIGHTS BEGIN DECREASING. THERE IS A QUICK TRANSITION TO A WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN AFTER 00Z SATURDAY. IN FACT...THE GFS WANTS TO BRING SOME OVERRUNNING SNOWS INTO THE WESTERN CWA BY 12Z SATURDAY. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH HERE BUT GOING FORECAST SHOWS CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA AND DID NOT CHANGE THIS MUCH. .LONG TERM... A FEW SNOW SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE DRY CONDITIONS FINALLY RETURN. WE HAVE REMOVED ANY MENTION OF SNOW FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND WELL STICK WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR SUNDAY FOR NOW. HOWEVER FUTURE SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO REVIEW LATEST MODEL RUNS AND TRENDS SINCE GFS GUIDANCE SHOWS SOME WAA PCPN COULD BREAK OUT WELL AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING SOUTHERN PLAINS SYSTEM ON SUNDAY. I DO NOT WANT TO JUMP ON THIS JUST YET SINCE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT IN HOW IT HANDLES THE PLAINS STATES SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE NE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BRINGING US MIXED RAIN AND SNOW MONDAY AND RAIN BY TUESDAY SINCE WE SHOULD BE FIRMLY IN THE WARM SECTOR BY THEN. LINGERING MIXED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AS SOME COOLER AIR WRAPS IN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE NEARSHORE. && OSTUNO LAURENS
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 23, 6:06 AM EST, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 606 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005 LMZ844>849-241115- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 606 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS EARLY TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 40 KNOT GALES AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET EARLY TONIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 FEET LATE TONIGHT. SNOW AND FREEZING SPRAY WILL FARTHER ADD TO THE HAZARDS OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY GALE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 45 KNOTS DURING THURSDAY WHILE THE SNOW...SNOW SQUALLS AND FREEZING SPRAY CONTINUE. WAVES OF 14 TO 18 FEET WILL MAKE CONDITIONS ON LAKE MICHIGAN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STRONG LATE FALL STORM ONLY SLOWLY MOVES AWAY FROM WEST MICHIGAN. YET ANOTHER STRONG LATE FALL STORM FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY. THAT STORM WILL BRING THE THREAT STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES. THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT EITHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-241115- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 606 AM EST WED NOV 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES TODAY BRINGING WITH IT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EAST OF GRAND RAPIDS. WEST OF GRAND RAPIDS...TOWARD THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE... THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. ONCE THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH THIS AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SNOW SQUALLS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE WITH THOSE STRONG WINDS AND PLUNGING TEMPERATURES TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS VALUES WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO TOWARD MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO LEAVE THE GREAT LAKES. AS A RESULT 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS... COMBINED WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS NEAR AND WEST OF ROUTE 131 WILL CONTINUE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR ZERO DEGREES MOST OF THE DAY. SNOW FALLS OVER 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WITH SOME ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE WARM AIR ONCE AGAIN RETURNS. ANOTHER LATE FALL STORM SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING UNSEASONABLY WARM AIR AND RAIN WITH IT. THE RAIN COULD START AS EARLY AS SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH TUESDAY MELTING MOST OF THE SNOW THAT WILL FALL TODAY INTO SATURDAY. THAT COULD RESULT IN FLOODING ISSUES. A STRONG COLD FRONT LATER TUESDAY COULD RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS. YET AGAIN STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WHILE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED... SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS AND REPORTS OF HIGH WIND SPEEDS WOULD BE OF GREAT HELP. ALSO REPORTS OF DAMAGE FROM THE HIGH WINDS WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL. PLEASE USE OUR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORT WEB FORM AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR WDM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 3:49 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 42 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:01 PM EST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 10 more | 30 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.