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Snow Advisory 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this snow advisory at Jan 31, 2008, 12:21 PM EST for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 31, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2008, 12:21 PM EST (17:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2008, 4:36 PM EST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Clare County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Osceola County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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 snow advisory 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 snow advisory went out at Jan 31, 7:18 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 7:18 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 3:27 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:27 AM EST | Snow Advisory | GRR | Isabella, Kent, Montcalm, Ottawa | 9 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:08 PM EST | Flood Watch | GRR | Kent, Ottawa | 6 days |
| Jan 31, 4:22 PM EST | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kent | 11 days |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.