Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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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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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 4:07 AM EDT | Snow Advisory | GRR | Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Kent and 3 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
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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.