Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 24, 2007, 12:14 PM EST for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 25, 2007, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. 46 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
- Feb 24, 2007, 12:14 PM EST (17:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2007, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2007, 4:05 AM EST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
All 23 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, Jackson 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1:12 AM EST | SLEET 0.2 | Portage, MI | ABOUT 0.15 TO 0.20 OF SLEET ON THE GROUND. ALL SURFACES ARE ICED UP. |
| Feb 25, 5:50 AM EST | SNOW 1.2 | N Byron Center, MI | GLAZE OF ICE |
| Feb 25, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Greenville, MI | SNOW DEPTH 12 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 6:08 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Dimondale, MI | SNOW HAS BEEN MIXED WITH SLEET |
| Feb 25, 6:08 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Marshall, MI | ALSO APPROX 1/8 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 25, 6:08 AM EST | SNOW 1 | St. Johns, MI | ALSO APPROX 0.10 ICE. |
| Feb 25, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Ne Oxbow, MI | HARDY DAM |
| Feb 25, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Greenville, MI | SNOW DEPTH 12 INCHES... CURRENTLY FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 25, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.8 | Brooklyn, MI | 0.2 ICE ON TOP OF 6 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Feb 25, 9:01 AM EST | SLEET 0.3 | Kalamazoo, MI | .3 INCHES OF SLEET AND .2 INCHES OF ICE |
| Feb 25, 9:04 AM EST | SNOW 3.3 | Big Rapids, MI | SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 9:50 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 5 Nw Peacock, MI | |
| Feb 25, 9:50 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 N Clare, MI | SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 25, 9:50 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Temple, MI | |
| Feb 25, 9:50 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 Nw Reed City, MI | |
| Feb 25, 10:01 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Croton, MI | BECOMING MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Feb 25, 10:10 AM EST | SLEET 1.3 | Bath, MI | 6 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Feb 25, 10:10 AM EST | SNOW 1.3 | Bath, MI | 6 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Feb 25, 10:41 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| Feb 25, 12:32 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ne Mount Pleasant, MI | 5 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 25, 12:32 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Cloverville, MI | TWO INCHES OF SNOW SINCE MIDNIGHT. THERE WAS SOME SLEET MIXED IN AT TIMES. |
| Feb 25, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Edmore, MI | |
| Feb 25, 1:58 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Dorr, MI | SNOWFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Feb 25, 1:58 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Norton Shores, MI | |
| Feb 25, 1:58 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Marion, MI | |
| Feb 25, 1:58 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Tustin, MI | |
| Feb 25, 1:58 PM EST | SNOW 10 | Harrison, MI | |
| Feb 25, 5:45 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sw Shelby, MI | SNOW DEPTH 10 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 6:50 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Evart, MI | SNOW STILL FALLING AS OF 650 PM. |
| Feb 25, 6:54 PM EST | SNOW 4 | White Cloud, MI | |
| Feb 25, 7:02 PM EST | SNOW 2.2 | Byron Center, MI | SNOW LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.59 |
| Feb 25, 7:57 PM EST | SNOW 1.4 | 3 Nw Lansing, MI | |
| Feb 25, 7:57 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ne Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| Feb 25, 9:25 PM EST | SNOW 3.4 | East Grand Rapids, MI | SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 9:42 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Spring Lake, MI | 2 INCHES SNOW FELL BETWEEN 6PM AND 9 PM. |
| Feb 25, 9:55 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Muskegon, MI | SNOW DEPTH 10 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 9:55 PM EST | SNOW 3.7 | Grand Rapids, MI | SNOW DEPTH 9 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 9:55 PM EST | SNOW 11 | Harrison, MI | 10 TO 12 INCHES ON GROUND |
| Feb 25, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 5.2 | 2 W Ada, MI | |
| Feb 25, 10:33 PM EST | SNOW 6.9 | 1 N Muskegon, MI | |
| Feb 25, 10:53 PM EST | SNOW 4.8 | Grandville, MI | SNOW DEPTH 12 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 11:04 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Holland, MI | SNOW DEPTH 10 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 11:08 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 8 Ese Rockford, MI | SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 11:16 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| Feb 25, 11:18 PM EST | SNOW 7 | Norton Shores, MI | |
| Feb 26, 2:06 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Allendale, 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 241714 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1214 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EARLY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.. .A STRONG AND DEEPENING STORM CENTERED IN WESTERN KANSAS AT 11 AM THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TOWARD THE S0UTHERN GREAT LAKES FOR SUNDAY THE SYSTEM WILL THEN STALL OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES DURING SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WITH STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. EAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96. AREAS SOUTH OF I- 96 WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENT WITH SNOW AND SLEET CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. BETWEEN INTERSTATE 94 AND INTESTATE 96 A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. STRONG WIND ARE EXPECTED THERE TOO. THAT COULD LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM COULD APPROACH 10 INCHES NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS. MIZ064>067-071>074-250115- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0004.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0005.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1214 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF AS MUCH AS THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL ONLY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. 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. $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-250115- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0004.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0005.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 1214 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS OVER 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I- 96. THERE MAY BE SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXED WITH THE SNOW NEAR INTERSTATE 96 DURING SUNDAY MORNING. ALL AREAS WILL BE PURE SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WDM
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRR 241754 CCA WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1250 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR EARLY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.. .A STRONG AND DEEPENING STORM CENTERED IN WESTERN KANSAS AT 11 AM THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES FOR SUNDAY THE SYSTEM WILL THEN STALL OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES DURING SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WITH STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. EAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SUNDAY MORNING NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96. AREAS SOUTH OF I- 96 WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENT WITH SNOW AND SLEET CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. BETWEEN INTERSTATE 94 AND INTESTATE 96 A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. STRONG WIND ARE EXPECTED THERE TOO. THAT COULD LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM COULD APPROACH 10 INCHES NORTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS. MIZ064>067-071>074-250215- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0004.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0005.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1250 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF AS MUCH AS THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. STRONG EAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL ONLY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. 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. $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-250215- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0004.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0005.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 1250 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS OVER 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I- 96. THERE MAY BE SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXED WITH THE SNOW NEAR INTERSTATE 96 DURING SUNDAY MORNING. ALL AREAS WILL BE PURE SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ WDM
000 WWUS43 KGRR 242030 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 330 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR EARLY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNDAY EVENING AND THEN STALL OUT OVER OUR REGION MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW TO DEVELOP DURING THE VERY LATE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT ESPECIALLY NEAR AND NORTH OF I-96. EAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS COULD CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY MORNING NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96. AREAS SOUTH OF I- 96 WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENT WITH SNOW AND SLEET CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. BETWEEN INTERSTATE 94 AND INTERSTATE 96 A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING AND GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. ALL THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LIGHTER SNOW WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING. MIZ064>067-071>074-250430- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 330 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL MAY EXCEED 6 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. 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. $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-250430- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 330 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND TO SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHTER SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS WELL. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF OVER 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I- 96. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXED IN WITH THE SNOW NEAR INTERSTATE 96 SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ LAURENS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 250335 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1035 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER MOVING INTO LOWER MICHIGAN... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN KANSAS TO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN A BIT AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST BUT WILL STILL PRODUCE A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94 AND MOSTLY SNOW NORTH OF THERE. COMPOUNDING THE PROBLEM WILL BE A STIFF BREEZE FROM THE EAST...20 TO 30 MPH. WE BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A BIT MORE FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LESS SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94 AND HAVE CHANGED THE HEADLINE TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM THE WINTER STORM WARNING. MIZ064>067-071>074-251145- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0005.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1035 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 3 INCHES. EAST WINDS WILL ALSO GUST TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT WHICH COULD BREAK SOME TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 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. $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-251145- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.070225T0600Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 1035 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND TO SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF OVER 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I- 96. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIXED IN WITH THE SNOW NEAR INTERSTATE 96 SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ 93
000 WWUS43 KGRR 250910 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 410 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER MOVING THROUGH LOWER MICHIGAN... .LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA IS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD LOWER MICHIGAN. A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AT THIS TIME. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS FALLING ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94 WHILE SNOW IS FALLING NORTH OF THERE. DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING AND THAT WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO DIMINISH A BIT. THEN THIS AFTERNOON MORE MOIST AIR WILL FLOW BACK IN AND WE WILL SEE MORE SNOW DEVELOP. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-251715- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 410 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH 8 AM OR SO AND THEN DIMINISH INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A M-46 WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF THERE. SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW ALONG THE I-96 CORRIDOR. 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. $$ MIZ064>067-071>074-251715- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 410 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 251239 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 739 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...UPDATES MADE TO WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES... .DRIER AND WARMER AIR HAS SURGED NORTH AHEAD OF THE WINTER STORM TRACKING NORTHEAST FROM IOWA. AS A RESULT THE IMPACT OF THIS SYSTEM ON SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL NOT BE AS GREAT AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. MIZ043-044-050>052-056>059-252045- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 739 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING... CHANGING BACK TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 2 TO 4 INCHES. 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. $$ MIZ064-071>073-251345- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK 739 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING TODAY AND THE THREAT OF ICING HAS ENDED. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD ONLY BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. $$ MIZ037>040-045-046-252045- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 739 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AGAIN TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR 8 INCHES BY 7 AM MONDAY... WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY THIS MORNING. 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. $$ MIZ065>067-074-252045- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... JACKSON 739 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL RESULT IN SLICK TRAVEL THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MEADE
000 WWUS43 KGRR 251554 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1054 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...UPDATES MADE TO WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES... .WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO FEED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SURFACE STORM CENTER...WHICH WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN IOWA AT 10 AM. THIS WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY RAIN OR WET SNOW SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND AREA OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE STORM CENTER APPROACHES CHICAGO BY 7 PM. THE SECOND AREA OF SNOW WILL HAVE THE LARGEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO LANSING...MOSTLY AFTER 5 PM THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE THE ORIGINAL BAND OF PRECIPITATION THAT RESULTED IN TWO TENTS OF AN INCH OF ICE NEAR INTERSTATE 94 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD BRINGING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TO AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF ROUTE 10 INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE THAT AREA FINALLY LIFTS INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL NEAR AND NORTH OF ROUTE 10 IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 8 INCHES BY 7 AM MONDAY MORNING. MIZ065>067-074-251700- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... JACKSON 1054 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. MIXED RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON SO THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE PROBLEM WITH ADDITIONAL ICING. $$ MIZ037>040-045-046-260000- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 1054 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FOR A TIME FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AGAIN TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN THE 7 TO 10 INCH RANGE IS EXPECTED BY 7 AM MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ043-044-050>052-056>059-260000- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 1054 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. OCCASIONAL MIXED LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND AREA OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BETWEEN 5 PM NEAR HOLLAND AND 9 PM BY LANSING THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ WDM
000 WWUS43 KGRR 252052 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 352 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES CONTINUED THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY... .THE COLDER AIR IS NOW MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND AS IT DOES SO AN AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHEST SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WILL BE FROM JUST NORTH OF MUSKEGON TO NEAR CLARE. IN THIS AREA AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THAT WOULD BRING STORM TOTALS OVER 10 INCHES IN PARTS OF LAKE...OSCEOLA...NEWAYGO AND MECOSTA COUNTIES. NEAR INTERSTATE 96 EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND 1 TO 3 INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 94. MIZ037>040-045-046-260500- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 352 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS BY MIDNIGHT. UNTIL THEN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE AN ISSUE. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 10 PM AND 4 AM. THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES BY 7 AM MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... COMBINED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ043-044-050>052-056>059-260500- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 352 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. OCCASIONAL MIXED LIGHT SNOW...SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON OVER AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 69 AND BY 9 PM IN AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 69. A THIRD AREA OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BETWEEN 6 PM NEAR HOLLAND AND 9 PM BY LANSING THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ WDM
000 WWUS43 KGRR 260328 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1028 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS WEST MICHIGAN... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL NORTH OF I-96...BUT THIS WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT WHILE LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MIZ037>040-045-046-261130- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 1028 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 10 PM AND 4 AM. ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BRINGING THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO 7 TO 12 INCHES BY 7 AM MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... COMBINED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ043-044-050>052-056>059-261130- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 1028 PM EST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY 7 AM. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 260905 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 405 AM EST MON FEB 26 2007 ...SNOW IS DIMINISHING... .RADAR SHOWS THAT STEADY SNOW IS DIMINISHING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO ALONG US-10 AND AN INCH OR LESS SOUTH OF THERE. MIZ037>040-045-046-261015- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 405 AM EST MON FEB 26 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TODAY BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO. ROADWAYS REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS MORNING. $$ MIZ043-044-050>052-056>059-261015- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070226T1200Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 405 AM EST MON FEB 26 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR TODAY BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR LESS. ROADWAYS REMAIN SLICK AND SNOW COVERED SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS MORNING. $$
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 Feb 24, 11:54 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 11:54 AM EST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1154 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 .UPDATE... AFTER WRITING THIS I WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE CWA FROM 1 AM SUNDAY THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY. FOR THE COUNTIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96...ALLEGAN TO INGHAM... AND SOUTH.... I WILL HAVE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION. FOR THE COUNTIES NORTH OF THAT... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL SOUNDINGS AND MODEL FORECASTS... MOSTLY LOOKING AT THE GFS AND NAM AND TO SOME DEGREE THE CANADIAN GEM...OUR LOCAL WRF...THE SPC ENSEMBLES AND ECWMF... THE MODELS ARE LARGELY IN AGREEMENT WHERE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE AND THE TIMING OF IT. ALSO THEY AGREE ON THE AREA WHERE THE CUT OFF FROM FREEZING RAIN TO SNOW WILL...WHICH IS FROM JUST SOUTH OF GRR TO LANSING. TONIGHT THE MODELS SHOW A STRONG FGEN BAND WITH THE OCCLUDED FRONT MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE CWA BETWEEN 1 AM AND 7 AM. I COULD SEE SNOWFALL RATES OVER AN INCH AN HOUR FROM GRR NORTH AFTER 3 AM WITH THAT. SOUTH OF GRR I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION... AS MUCH AS .3 INCHES BY 7 AM. AFTER THAT THE WRAP AROUND PCPN WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL KEEP SNOW GOING INTO MONDAY MORNING. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE CWA FROM 1 AM SUNDAY THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY. && WDM
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 7:07 AM EST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 707 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-251215- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 707 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE THIS MORNING...BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS ALLEGAN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES. ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH OR SO ARE POSSIBLE. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND APPROACH THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SNOW WILL BREAK OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE STATE...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. BLUSTERY EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALONG THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY MIX IN AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY VERY WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A HOLLAND TO LANSING LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THESE LOCATIONS. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING KALAMAZOO AND JACKSON...LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT SNOW...SLEET AND ICING REPORTS WILL GREATLY BE APPRECIATED THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRANDRAPIDS TO SUBMIT SPOTTER REPORTS. LOOK FOR THE SPOTTER REPORTS LINK TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT HAND SIDE ON THE FRONT PAGE. LMZ844>849-251215- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 707 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WHICH WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALLER CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DUKE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:26 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1026 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1024 AM SNOW KALAMAZOO 42.27N 85.59W
02/24/2007 M0.9 INCH KALAMAZOO MI PUBLIC
BOB RUFF AT WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HAD .9 INCHES OF
SNOW SINCE MIDNIGHT. THERE IS 9 INCHES ON THE GROUND AND
HE HAS MEASURES 64 INCHES OF SNOW OF THE SEASON TO DATE.
&&
BMARINOLocal storm report, Feb 24, 10:32 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECT SPELLING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1032 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1024 AM SNOW KALAMAZOO 42.27N 85.59W
02/24/2007 M0.9 INCH KALAMAZOO MI PUBLIC
BOB RUHF AT WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HAD .9 INCHES OF
SNOW SINCE MIDNIGHT. THERE IS 9 INCHES ON THE GROUND AND
HE HAS MEASURES 64 INCHES OF SNOW OF THE SEASON TO DATE.
&&
BMARINONearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2007Every winter storm 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.