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Heavy Snow Warning 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

December 28, 200712 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this heavy snow warning at Dec 28, 2007, 3:59 AM EST for 12 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 28, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 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: Dec 28, 2007, 3:59 AM EST (08:59 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2007, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 28, 2007, 11:02 PM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Clare County, MI, Isabella 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

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy snow 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 heavy snow warning went out at Dec 27, 11:52 PM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 11:52 PM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 5:50 PM EST, 10 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 3:59 AM EST	Snow Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 3 more	19 hr

Nearby

Heavy Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2007 Every heavy snow warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.