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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 2, 200723 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm watch at Feb 2, 2007, 3:39 AM EST for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 3, 2007, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2007, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2007, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 2, 2007, 12:57 PM EST
In force
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 08:44 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 winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Feb 1, 9:50 PM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 9:50 PM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 3:39 AM ESTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Mason and 5 more9 hr
Feb 2, 11:56 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Eaton, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent and 8 more32 hr
Feb 2, 11:56 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRCalhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 9 more52 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2007Every winter storm watch 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.