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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 21, 200811 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Mar 21, 2008, 4:07 AM EDT for 11 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 21, 2008, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 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
Mar 21, 2008, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 21, 2008, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2008, 3:35 AM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Mar 20, 4:31 PM EDT, 11 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 4:31 PM EDT, 11 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 4:29 PM EDT, 11 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
429 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-211015-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
429 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A POTENTIAL SNOW STORM EXISTS FOR FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
REGION ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO JACKSON HAS THE
BEST POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. LESSER AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE HOLLAND TO JACKSON LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-211015-
ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-
429 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NJJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 4:07 AM EDTSnow AdvisoryGRRClinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Kent and 3 more23 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2008Every winter storm 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.