Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2006, 4:16 PM EST for 22 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 1, 2006, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. 44 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2006, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2006, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2006, 5:09 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
All 22 counties
Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 5:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Grand Haven, MI | 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 6:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 S Lansing, MI | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN PARTS OF INGHAM COUNTY |
| Dec 1, 6:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Allegan, MI | DOWNED TREES AND WIRES HAVE CREATED SOME POWER OUTAGES IN PARTS OF ALLEGAN COUNTY |
| Dec 1, 9:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 N Waverly, MI | MEASURED 1/2 INCH OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 9:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Dorr, MI | 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 9:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | W Dorr, MI | 1/2 INCH OF ICE IN SALEM TOWNSHIP |
| Dec 1, 9:45 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | St. Johns, MI | AROUND 1/3 OF AN INCH OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 9:57 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Reed City, MI | STARTED AROUND 6 AM. |
| Dec 1, 10:01 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Harrison, MI | |
| Dec 1, 10:15 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Grand Haven, MI | SNOW STILL COMING DOWN HARD |
| Dec 1, 10:18 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Newaygo, MI | |
| Dec 1, 10:23 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Big Rapids, MI | |
| Dec 1, 10:25 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| Dec 1, 10:27 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Muskegon, MI | |
| Dec 1, 10:40 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Stanton, MI | |
| Dec 1, 10:42 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Ludington, MI | |
| Dec 1, 10:42 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Baldwin, MI | 4-6 INCHES WITH BLOWING SNOW ON THE NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 1, 11:40 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Scottville, MI | SNOW FALLING AROUND AN INCH PER HOUR |
| Dec 1, 11:48 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Climax, MI | HALF AN INCH OF ICING ON SURFACES. POWER LINES DOWN AND SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE. |
| Dec 1, 11:55 AM EST | SNOW 0 | 2 S Ludington, MI | 6 INCHES OF SNOW TOTAL. 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE TWO HOURS FROM 10 AM TO NOON. |
| Dec 1, 11:55 AM EST | SNOW 6 | 2 S Ludington, MI | 6 INCHES OF SNOW TOTAL. 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE TWO HOURS FROM 10 AM TO NOON. |
| Dec 1, 12:01 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Baldwin, MI | SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 1, 12:04 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Ludington, MI | UP TO 8 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS. |
| Dec 1, 12:05 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Stanton, MI | UP TO 4 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. ONE QUARTER INCH OR ICE. |
| Dec 1, 12:06 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Reed City, MI | 2 TO 5 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Dec 1, 12:07 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| Dec 1, 1:40 PM EST | SNOW 7 | 2 S Ludington, MI | |
| Dec 1, 1:50 PM EST | SNOW 6.2 | Baldwin, MI | |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 N Ada, MI | |
| Dec 1, 2:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Shelby, MI | |
| Dec 1, 3:15 PM EST | SNOW 7 | 3 N Baldwin, MI | IN WEBBER TOWNSHIP. |
| Dec 1, 3:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Scottville, MI | REPORTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Dec 1, 3:20 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Harrison, MI | |
| Dec 1, 3:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Hart, MI | ESTIMATED 8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 1, 3:25 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Newaygo, MI | |
| Dec 1, 3:30 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Reed City, MI | 5 TO 6 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY |
| Dec 1, 3:30 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Stanwood, MI | |
| Dec 1, 3:35 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Stanton, MI | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE THIS MORNING. 5 INCHES OF SNOW LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. |
| Dec 1, 3:40 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Ionia, MI | UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. |
| Dec 1, 3:40 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Grand Haven, MI | SIMILAR AMOUNTS ALONG THE ENTIRE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY |
| Dec 1, 3:50 PM EST | SNOW 5.9 | Muskegon, MI | AT AIRPORT |
| Dec 1, 4:00 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Tustin, MI | |
| Dec 1, 4:30 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 7 | Harrison, MI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 302116 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 416 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER ARKANSAS WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTH TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN TO NEAR SOUTHERN LAKE HURON FRIDAY EVENING. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THIS INTENSIFYING SYSTEM. THIS MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE COLD AIR MOVING OVERHEAD...AND WILL DEVELOP SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN OVER THE AREA. MIZ043>046-050-010530- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0003.061201T0800Z-061201T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0002.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 416 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ037>040-010530- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0003.061201T1200Z-061201T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0002.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE 416 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ051-052-056-057-010530- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0003.061201T0800Z-061201T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0002.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS 416 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND/OR SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY END TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY ENDS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ058-059-064>067-071>073-010530- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0003.061201T0800Z-061201T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0002.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK 416 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN GRADUALLY END LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ARE LIKELY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ074-010530- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0003.061201T0800Z-061201T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0007.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 416 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AS COLDER AIR SLOWLY MOVES IN...FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME POSSIBLE. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AND WITH THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ NJJ
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRR 010406 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1106 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED IN WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THIS INTENSIFYING SYSTEM. THIS MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE COLD AIR AND WILL DEVELOP SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN OVER THE AREA. MIZ037>040-043>046-050-011215- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 1106 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ051-052-056-057-011215- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS 1106 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY END TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY ENDS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ058-059-064>067-071>073-011215- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK 1106 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW... LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN GRADUALLY END LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ARE LIKELY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ074-011215- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0007.061201T0600Z-061202T0000Z/ JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 1106 PM EST THU NOV 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. AS COLDER AIR SLOWLY MOVES IN...FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME POSSIBLE. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AND WITH THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ DUKE
000 WWUS43 KGRR 010927 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 427 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THIS INTENSE STORM...LEADING TO THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. MIZ037>040-043>046-050-011730- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 427 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ051-052-056-057-011730- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS 427 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY NOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ058-059-064>067-071>073-011730- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK 427 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW AROUND NOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ074-011730- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 427 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING...AND WITH THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW GRADUALLY ENDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 011153 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 653 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THIS INTENSE STORM...LEADING TO THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION. SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. MIZ058-059-064>067-071>073-012000- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.IS.W.0002.061201T1153Z-061202T0000Z/ IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK 653 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO PERHAPS WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN DUE TO THE COATINGS OF ICE AND GUSTY WINDS. ALREADY REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MANY OF THESE COUNTIES. ICE COATING COULD REACH A HALF INCH. A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO PERHAPS 6 INCHES. WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ MIZ074-012000- /O.UPG.KGRR.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.IS.W.0002.061201T1153Z-061202T0000Z/ JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 653 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO PERHAPS WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN DUE TO THE COATINGS OF ICE AND GUSTY WINDS. ALREADY REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. ICE COATING COULD REACH A HALF INCH. A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-012000- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 653 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA PRODUCING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ051-052-056-057-012000- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS 653 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY NOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY END LATE THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 011552 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1052 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY... ..LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL ALSO PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. MIZ058-059-064>067-071>074-012300- /O.CAN.KGRR.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.061201T1552Z-061201T2300Z/ IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1052 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW AND THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ051-052-056-057-012300- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.061201T1552Z-061201T2300Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS 1052 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW AND THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-012300- /O.EXT.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T2300Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 1052 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL BOOST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OSTUNO
000 WWUS43 KGRR 011800 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 100 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY... ..LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. WINDS WILL ALSO PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. MIZ071>074-011900- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-061201T2300Z/ VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 100 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-012300- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T2300Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 100 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL BOOST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-012300- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-061201T2300Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING 100 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED...BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 3 TO 5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OSTUNO
000 WWUS43 KGRR 012037 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 337 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS LAKE HURON LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY AND THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS SHOULD END BY AROUND 6 PM. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. ONLY SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 6 PM AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY. MIZ037>040-043>046-050-012300- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T2300Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 337 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM WHICH WILL BOOST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-012300- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-061201T2300Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING 337 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH...BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OSTUNO
000 WWUS43 KGRR 012209 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 509 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 MIZ037>040-043>046-050-012315- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061201T2300Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 509 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-012315- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-061201T2300Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING 509 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NJJ
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 30, 11:50 AM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 11:50 AM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1150 AM EST THU NOV 30 2006 .UPDATE... LATEST 12Z GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED A LITTLE FARTHER WEST WITH THE SFC LOW AND SLIGHTLY WARMER... ESPECIALLY THE GFS. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE PREDOMINATE PCPN TYPE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN A CORRIDOR FROM HOLLAND TO GRR TO ALMA AND LAN. WE MAY SEE JUST PLAIN RAIN ALONG I94 FROM BTL TO JXN FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT.... CHANGING TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LONG STORY SHORT... THINKING HEAVY SNOW WARNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO ALMA AND ICE STORM WARNING FROM ALLEGAN/VAN BUREN COUNTIES OVER TO THE LANSING AREA. (EXCLUDE JXN??) IN BETWEEN... INCLUDING GRR... HIGH UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS ON PREDOMINATE PCPN TYPE. COULD SEE GOING WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MULTIPLE PCPN TYPES IN BETWEEN THE HVY SNW WRNG AND ICE STM WRNG. ALL OF THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY...BUT THAT IS THE CURRENT THINKING ATTM. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR OUR ENTIRE CWA FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ENTIRE NEARSHORE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. && MEADE
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 5:38 AM EST, 10 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 538 AM EST THU NOV 30 2006 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-011045- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 538 AM EST THU NOV 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ANY RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT. COATINGS OF ICE AND ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR COULD OCCUR IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. A STORM DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS WILL BEGIN HEADING OUR WAY TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY MIX TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO ALL THE RECENT RAIN. SOME FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE FLAT RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE STORM CURRENTLY DOWN IN TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD OUR WAY FOR FRIDAY...EVENTUALLY TRACKING NEAR TOLEDO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A TIGHT GRADIENT OF TEMPERATURES WILL EXIST ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO GRAND RAPID TO LANSING SHOULD SEE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS AND COATINGS OF ICE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. NORTHWEST OF THIS LINE...MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY REACHING OR EXCEEDING A FOOT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND PERSISTS. KEEP IN MIND THAT SLIGHT CHANGES IN THE STORM TRACK COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE BEST ADVICE IS TO MONITOR FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CLOSELY THROUGH TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS COULD LEAD TO SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS WOULD BE HELPFUL THROUGH FRIDAY. LMZ844>849-011045- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 538 AM EST THU NOV 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF WAVES IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW WILL LEAD TO SOME HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WINDS MAY APPROACH GALE FORCE ON FRIDAY...PLUS WAVES WILL REMAIN IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET. HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. LARGE WAVES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 4:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Jackson | 15 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2006Every winter storm warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.