Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 6, 2006, 11:44 AM EST for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 7, 2006, 12:42 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr. 42 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
- Dec 6, 2006, 11:44 AM EST (16:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2006, 12:42 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2006, 10:11 PM EST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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 7, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Allegan, MI | |
| Dec 7, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Muskegon, MI | 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Grand Haven, MI | |
| Dec 7, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Fennville, MI | 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 6.5 | Paw Paw, MI | 6 - 7 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 8.5 | 3 S Grand Haven, MI | |
| Dec 7, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 8.5 | Norton Shores, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Reed City, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Hart, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Ludington, MI | 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Montague, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | New Richmond, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Baldwin, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Gobles, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Walkerville, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 4 Nw Baldwin, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 9 | Holland, MI | 8 TO 10 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Port Sheldon, MI | 9 TO 12 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 14 | Bloomingdale, MI | |
| Dec 7, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 15 | Paw Paw, MI | |
| Dec 7, 1:09 PM EST | SNOW 20 | Grand Junction, MI | |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Coopersville, MI | |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Jenison, MI | |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Spring Lake, MI | |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Marion, MI | |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Jamestown, MI | |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Allegan, MI | |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 12 | Grand Haven, MI | |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 14 | Holland, MI | 12 TO 16 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 15 | Lawrence, MI | 14 TO 16 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 15 | Paw Paw, MI | 14 TO 16 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 16 | Fennville, MI | 15 TO 18 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 19 | Bloomingdale, MI | 18 TO 20 INCH RANGE |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Baldwin, MI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 3 E Agnew, MI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Le Roy, MI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 4 E Tustin, MI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Allegan, MI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Decatur, MI | STORM TOTAL 6 TO 8 INCHES. |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Norton Shores, MI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 12 | 3 Ese Walhalla, MI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 7, 9:03 PM EST | SNOW 21 | Bloomingdale, MI | STORM TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 061644 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1144 AM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL FLOW IN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT CAUSING LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS TO FORM. THESE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. MIZ037-043-064-071-070045- /O.UPG.KGRR.LE.A.0001.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ MASON-OCEANA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...HOLLAND... SOUTH HAVEN 1144 AM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...BUT LAKE EFFECT SNOWBANDS WILL DEVELOP AS WELL AS GUSTY NORTH WINDS. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST...IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. BELOW ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD OCCUR. 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. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRR 062100 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 400 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON THE WAY... .VERY COLD AIR WILL FLOW IN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT CAUSING LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS TO DEVELOP. THESE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING. MIZ038-039-070500- /O.EXA.KGRR.WS.W.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY 400 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ037-043-064-071-070500- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ MASON-OCEANA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...HOLLAND... SOUTH HAVEN 400 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. 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. $$ MIZ040-044-045-050-056-072-070500- /O.NEW.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... MUSKEGON...JENISON...KALAMAZOO 400 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ LAURENS MJS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 070335 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1035 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS BEGINNING TO OCCUR... .VERY COLD AIR IS NOW FLOWING IN FROM THE NORTH. THIS HAS CAUSED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP. THESE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING. MIZ037>039-043-064-071-071145- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-OCEANA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... HART...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1035 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. 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. $$ MIZ040-044-045-050-056-072-071145- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... MUSKEGON...JENISON...KALAMAZOO 1035 PM EST WED DEC 6 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 070542 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1242 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS BEGINNING TO OCCUR... .VERY COLD AIR IS NOW FLOWING IN FROM THE NORTH. THIS HAS CAUSED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP. THESE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING. MIZ056-071345- /O.UPG.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KGRR.WS.W.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JENISON 1242 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. 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. $$ MIZ037>039-043-064-071-071345- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-OCEANA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... HART...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1242 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ040-044-045-050-072-071345- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.061207T0600Z-061208T0500Z/ CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MUSKEGON-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... MUSKEGON...KALAMAZOO 1242 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 070906 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 406 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW... .VERY COLD AIR IS NOW FLOWING IN FROM THE NORTH. THIS HAS CAUSED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO INTENSIFY. THESE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING. MIZ037>039-043-056-064-071-071715- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-OCEANA-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... HART...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 406 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ040-044-045-050-072-071715- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MUSKEGON-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... MUSKEGON...KALAMAZOO 406 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 071519 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1019 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW... .VERY COLD AIR IS NOW FLOWING IN FROM THE NORTH. THIS HAS CAUSED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO INTENSIFY. THESE BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TODAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. MIZ050-072330- /O.UPG.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ /O.EXA.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MUSKEGON 1019 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LAKESHORE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL WEST OF HIGHWAY 31. UNDER THE HEAVIEST BANDS...SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. DAYTIME SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LEAD TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ037>039-043-056-064-071-072330- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-OCEANA-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... HART...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1019 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LAKESHORE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND HAVEN THROUGH ALLEGAN TO MATTAWAN. UNDER THE HEAVIEST BANDS...SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. DAYTIME SNOW AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NEAR HOLLAND TO NEW RICHMOND TO NEAR CHICORA. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. SOME ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. FURTHER NORTH OCCASIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL DROP DOWN INTO LAKE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IF STRONGER BANDING COULD BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN ENDS OF THESE COUNTIES. 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. $$ MIZ040-044-045-072-072330- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... KALAMAZOO 1019 AM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE BANDS PERSIST THE LONGEST. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE BANDS. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES AND THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. NEAR ZERO WIND CHILL VALUES COULD ALSO OCCUR. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 072058 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 358 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...STORM NOW WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE REGION... .THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. THE GUST WINDS THAT WERE CREATING THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE SETTLING DOWN THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. MIZ037>039-043-050-056-064-071-080500- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 358 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STILL ANOTHER 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES COULD FALL. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS UP TO ALMOST 2 FEET IN A FEW SPOTS. WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AS WELL. SOME ROADS COULD BE IMPASSABLE. 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. $$ MIZ040-044-045-072-080500- /O.CON.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... KALAMAZOO 358 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A FEW LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS CREATING LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS UP TO LOCALLY 7 INCHES. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO UNDER A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 080311 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1011 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...SNOW WINDING DOWN... .RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW SNOW SHOWERS DIMINISHING IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS WARMER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. MIZ037>039-043-050-056-064-071-080415- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1011 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS. $$ MIZ040-044-045-072-080415- /O.CAN.KGRR.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061208T0500Z/ CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... KALAMAZOO 1011 PM EST THU DEC 7 2006 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS. $$
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 Dec 6, 5:33 AM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 5:33 AM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 533 AM EST WED DEC 6 2006 .UPDATED... I UPDATED THE FORECAST WEST OR US-131 AND SOUTH OF I-96 TO HAVE RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THAT WAS BASED ON BOTH TAMDAR SOUNDING AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. THE LATEST RUC SHOWS THE ABOVE 0C 850 MB AIR WILL BE SOUTH OF LOWER MICHIGAN BY 10 AM THIS MORNING. ALSO...ONCE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS... ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. HOWEVER THAT COULD TAKE TILL NEARLY NOON SINCE TEMPERATURES IN WESTERN WISCONSIN ARE STILL IN THE MID 30S AS I WRITE THIS. BOTTOM LINE IS SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY NOON IN AREAS WEST AND SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. WE HAD ONE REPORT OF FREEZING RAIN IN SOUTHERN EATON COUNTY BUT THE TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING THERE SHORTLY SO I DID NOT MENTION THAT IN THE ZONE FORECAST AS IT WOULD NOT LAST MORE THAN AN HOUR. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR WITH A COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTH THROUGH WISCONSIN INTO IOWA. AN AREA OF LIGHT PCPN HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LOW AND IS CROSSING THE CWA ATTM. TEMPS HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S NEAR THE LAKESHORE AS GUSTY WINDS ADVECT WARMER AIR FROM THE LAKE INLAND. ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR IS NOW MOVING SOUTH INTO MINNESOTA AND WILL CROSS INTO WISCONSIN BY SUNRISE AND INTO THE CWA LATER THIS MORNING. FORECAST CONCERNS DEAL WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW POTENTIAL THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE CURRENT HEADLINES LOOKS GOOD AT THIS POINT. WE/LL SEE HIGH TEMPS REACHED THIS MORNING AS COLDER AIR WILL THEN BEGIN FLOWING INTO THE CWA BEHIND THE FRONT. WE/LL CONTINUE TO SEE LIGHT RAIN MIX WITH THE LIGHT SNOW NEAR THE LAKESHORE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES. INLAND...WE/LL PROBABLY SEE MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING AS THE AIR FROM OVER THE LAKE WILL MODIFY AS IT MOVES EAST. LAKE EFFECT POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HOWEVER...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW INVERSION HEIGHTS NEAR 900 MB UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHEN THEY BEGIN TO RISE. THE SNOW GROWTH REGION OF THE PROFILE ALSO DOESN/T SATURATE UNTIL LATER TODAY. THUS...SNOW POTENTIAL MAY BE LIMITED EARLY TODAY. TONIGHT/S ANOTHER STORY. BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO VEER TO A NNW TACK TONIGHT. A STRONG SHORT WAVE WITH STRONG UVV/S WILL THEN MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT AND WILL INCREASE INVERSION HEIGHTS ABOVE 10K FEET. DPVA AND OMEGA FIELDS ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE WITH THIS. THE NNW FLOW FAVORS THE FAR NORTHWEST AND FAR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES FOR LES...WHICH IS WHERE THE WATCH IS. STRONG WINDS IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL MEAN THAT SHSN WILL CARRY THROUGH THE CWA...OBVIOUSLY HEAVIER IN THE CORNERS OF THE WESTERN CWA...FROM NORTHERN LOWER. FOR THAT REASON WE/VE INCREASED POPS OVER THE EASTERN CWA TOO. THE CORE OF THE COLD AIR WILL MOVE THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. WE/LL BE LOOKING AT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND FLURRIES FRIDAY MORNING AS WARM AIR ADVECTION IS UNDER WAY BY THEN. THE WARM UP WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. .LONG TERM... ONCE THAT LARGE PACIFIC SYSTEM...WHICH WAS JUST OFF SHORE AS OF THE 6TH AT 00Z...COMES ONSHORE BY FRIDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE REACTS BY SPLITTING THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW. THAT WILL SHUT OFF THE COLD AIR IN CANADA AND SENT PART OF THE ENERGY FROM THAT STORM ALONG THE NORTHERN STREAM AND THE REST OF IT ON THE SOUTHERN STREAM. BOTH WAVES OF ENERGY WILL THEN TRAVEL EAST IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW. THE NORTHERN STREAM PART OF THE WAVE TRIES TO BRING A COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO LOWER MICHIGAN BY LATE SUNDAY BUT THAT FRONT STALLS OVER LOWER MICHIGAN DUE TO THE ZONAL FLOW THAT BY THEN WILL BE IN PLACE. THAT MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OF RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW MONDAY. I DECIDED TO ADD THAT TO OUR FORECAST PACKAGE AFTER WATCHING THIS FEATURE IN THE MODELS FOR NEARLY A WEEK WITH A SIMILAR SOLUTION EACH RUN. MEANWHILE... THE REST OF THE ENERGY FROM THAT PACIFIC STORM... ON THE SOUTHERN STREAM... MOVES MORE SLOWLY THAN DOES THE NORTHERN STREAM PART OF THE WAVE ENERGY. THAT WILL COME OUT DURING THE MID WEEK PERIOD BRINGING ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WITH IT AND WARM ENOUGH AIR THAT THE ENTIRE EVENT WILL BE RAIN. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS ENTIRE PERIOD WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID DECEMBER. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR NEARSHORE WATERS FROM ST JOE TO MANISTEE INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH WED NIGHT INTO THU NIGHT FOR PARTS OF THE LAKESHORE. && 93 WDM
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 5:43 AM EST, 6 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 543 AM EST WED DEC 6 2006 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-071045- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 543 AM EST WED DEC 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS BY MID AFTERNOON AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES IN FROM CENTRAL CANADA. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE ARCTIC FRONT AROUND MIDNIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW THURSDAY...MAINLY WEST OF US-131. INLAND OF US-131 THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE OF A MORE SCATTERED NATURE. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL COME TO AN END BY MID DAY FRIDAY AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. LMZ844>849-071045- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 543 AM EST WED DEC 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WAVES OF 4 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THESE CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL WATER CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WAVES OF 4 FEET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY INTO FRIDAY. THESE CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL WATER CRAFT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 4:00 PM EST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | GRR | Clare, Kalamazoo, Mecosta, Muskegon, Newaygo, Ottawa | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.