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Lake Effect Snow Warning 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

November 20, 20084 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this lake effect snow warning at Nov 20, 2008, 3:38 AM EST for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 33 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
Nov 20, 2008, 3:38 AM EST (08:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 21, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 20, 3:38 AM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryGRRLake, Muskegon, Ottawa33 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every lake effect snow warning in 2008

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.