Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 5, 2008, 4:16 PM EST for 9 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 5, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 32 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2008, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 7, 2008, 2:56 AM EST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 7:20 PM EST | SNOW 4.8 | 3 Ese Zeeland, MI | SNOW ACCUMULATION PAST 24 HOURS |
| Dec 5, 8:15 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Scottville, MI | THE SNOW FELL BETWEEN 7 AM TODAY AND 8 PM TONIGHT. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 5 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 1:14 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Scottville, MI | SNOWFALL FOR THE PERIOD 12/5 8 PM THROUGH 12/6 1 AM. STEADY LIGHT SNOW FALLING. |
| Dec 6, 5:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Grand Haven, MI | NEW SNOW SINCE LAST NIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 4 N Muskegon, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Bloomingdale, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 8.5 | Scottville, MI | 24 HUR SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Fremont, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 10.2 | Hesperia, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 11.5 | 2 Nnw Colfax, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 6, 8:16 AM EST | SNOW 4.7 | Hart, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 6, 8:34 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 5 Nnw Holland, MI | 5 INCHES FROM MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM |
| Dec 6, 8:43 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 3 N Muskegon, MI | 24 HR SNOW TOTAL. |
| Dec 6, 9:13 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Baldwin, MI | 4 IN SINCE 6 PM LAST NIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 9:16 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Holland, MI | 6 INCHES SINCE 6 PM. STORM TOTAL 8 IN. HOLLAND WATER TREATMENT PLANT. |
| Dec 6, 9:16 AM EST | SNOW 11.5 | 6 E Crystal Valley, MI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 6, 9:29 AM EST | SNOW 10 | 6 W Bridgeton, MI | 10.0 INCHES SINCE LAST NIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 9:29 AM EST | SNOW 10.2 | 4 Wnw Hesperia, MI | 10.2 SINCE LAST NIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 9:46 AM EST | SNOW 10 | 4 E Scottville, MI | TEN INCHES NEW SNOW SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 9:51 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 8 E Grant, MI | SINCE 6 PM. |
| Dec 6, 10:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 Nw Holland, MI | THE SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING AT AN INCH PER HOUR. |
| Dec 6, 10:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | Ferry, MI | THE SNOW HAS FALLEN NEARLY CONTINIOUSLY SINCE 3 PM ON THE 4TH OF DECEMBER. IT IS CURRENTLY FALLING AT ABOUT AN INCH AN HOUR. |
| Dec 6, 10:44 AM EST | SNOW 6 | 4 Wsw Coopersville, MI | 6 TO 7 ADDITIONAL INCHES SINCE 10.30 PM. |
| Dec 6, 10:50 AM EST | SNOW 8 | 4 E Fruitport, MI | OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 12 | 4 W Ravenna, MI | SINCE LAST NIGHT. 16 TO17INCHES ON GROUND. |
| Dec 6, 11:18 AM EST | SNOW 8 | 3 E Wolf Lake, MI | 8 TO 10 INCHES OVERNIGHT. INCLUDES 1 TO 2 INCHES SINCE 8 AM. |
| Dec 6, 12:15 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Scottville, MI | 3 IN FROM 7 AM TO NOON. |
| Dec 6, 12:20 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sse Galesburg, MI | OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 12:27 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ese Fulton, MI | OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 12:27 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Jenison, MI | 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER NIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 12:30 PM EST | SLEET 3 | 2 Ese Fulton, MI | OVERNIGHT |
| Dec 6, 12:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 Ese Fulton, MI | THIS IS THE OVERNIGHT TOTAL. |
| Dec 6, 12:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 6 Ssw Climax, MI | SINCE THIS AM. |
| Dec 6, 12:30 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Nw Fruitport, MI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 6, 12:30 PM EST | SNOW 11.7 | Cloverville, MI | STORM TOTAL FROM 12/05 THRU 12/06. |
| Dec 6, 1:10 PM EST | SNOW 3.7 | Jenison, MI | SNOW STARTED 12/05 AT 10.00 PM UNTIL 110PM. |
| Dec 6, 2:29 PM EST | SNOW 14 | 1 S White Cloud, MI | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 2 PM. |
| Dec 6, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Plainwell, MI | SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES. ONE HALF INCH BETWEEN NOON AND 230 PM. TOTAL SINCE 8 AM IS 2.5 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 3:00 PM EST | SNOW 10 | 6 W Grant, MI | THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 12 INCHES WITH A NUMBER OF HIGHER DRIFTS. THE STORM TOTAL IS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL 3 PM TODAY. |
| Dec 6, 4:11 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Norton Shores, MI | THIS SNOW FALL IS THE 24 HOUR TOTAL FROM 2 PM FRIDAY UNTIL 2 PM SATURDAY. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 8 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 4:37 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Oshtemo, MI | THE STORM TOTAL FOR TODAY IS 3 INCHES WITH 8 INCHES CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 6, 4:47 PM EST | SNOW 10.5 | Cloverville, MI | SNOWFALL BETWEEN 7 AM AND 430 PM. |
| Dec 6, 4:50 PM EST | SNOW 10.5 | Cloverville, MI | THE SNOW FALL INCIDCATED WAS RECORDED FROM 7 AM FRIDAY UNTIL 430 PM TODAY. |
| Dec 6, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Scottville, MI | THE SNOW FALL INDICATED OCCURED BETWEEN 7 AM AND 5 PM TODAY. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 18 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 6:21 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Schoolcraft, MI | SNOW TOTAL FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM WAS 5.0 INCHES AND SNOW DEPTH WAS 7 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 6:22 PM EST | SNOW 15 | Hesperia, MI | SNOW DEPTH IS CURRENTLY 19 INCHES, THE SNOW FALL ABOVE IS A TOTAL BETWEEN 9 PM ON FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL 6 PM TONIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 9 | Muskegon, MI | THE MIDNIGHT TO 7 PM TOTAL FOR THE MUSKGEON COUNTY AIRPORT IS ABOVE. |
| Dec 6, 7:37 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Zeeland, MI | THE SNOW TOTAL IS FROM 4 PM UNTIL 7 PM TONIGHT. |
| Dec 6, 7:48 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 W Kalamazoo, MI | BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES ESTIMATED BETWEEN 430 PM AND 745 PM. ABOUT 8 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 6, 8:31 PM EST | SNOW 7 | Schoolcraft, MI | TOTAL BETWEEN 7 AM AND 830 PM. 2 INCHES FELL IN TWO HOURS FROM 630 PM TO 830 PM. SNOW DEPTH IS 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 8:37 PM EST | SNOW 7 | Kalamazoo, MI | THIS IS A TOTAL FROM MIDNIGHT TO 830 PM. SNOW DEPTH 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 8:46 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 4 Wnw Hesperia, MI | THE SNOWFALL OCCURED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 730 PM. THE SNOW DEPTH RIGHT NOW IS 16 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 7.5 | 4 Nne Holland, MI | THE TOTAL SNOWFALL IS FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING. THE SNOW DEPTH IS CURRENTLY 10 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 9:06 PM EST | SNOW 6.7 | Kalamazoo, MI | SNOW TOTAL FROM MIDNIGHT TO 9 PM. SNOW DEPTH IS 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 9:17 PM EST | SNOW 9 | Oshtemo, MI | TOTAL IS FROM MIDNIGHT TO 9 PM. SIX INCHES FELL BETWEEN 4 PM AND 9 PM. |
| Dec 6, 9:28 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Kalamazoo, MI | SNOW REPORTED FROM THE KALAMAZOO PORTAGE BORDER NEAR WESTNEDGE. SNOW TOTAL IS FROM 3 PM UNTIL 9 PM. |
| Dec 6, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Paw Paw, MI | SNOW TOTAL FROM MIDNIGHT TO 10 PM IS 1.5 INCHES WITH SNOW DEPTH AT 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 9 | Schoolcraft, MI | TOTAL FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM. SNOW DEPTH IS 11 INCHES. |
| Dec 6, 10:54 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Kalamazoo, MI | TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 1045 PM. |
| Dec 6, 10:58 PM EST | SNOW 8 | 1 Sw Zeeland, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL FROM FRIDAY 11 PM TO SATURDAY 1040 PM. ONE INCH HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 720 PM AND 1040 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KGRR 052116 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...YET ANOTHER SNOW STORM FOR SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... .EVEN AS THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT OF THE PAST DAY AND A HALF COMES TO AN END THIS EVENING...AN ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL CROSS LOWER MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW NEAR THE LAKE SHORE TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE STORM. THEN AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL COVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. FINALLY...BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE FAVORED AREAS SOUTH OF HOLLAND AND NEAR ROUTE 31. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL NORTH OF MUSKEGON COULD COME APPROACH 14 INCHES BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. MIZ056-060515- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0012.081206T0600Z-081207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0008.081206T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KGRR.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JENISON 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AS THE WINDS TURN MORE SOUTHERLY EARLY THIS EVENING THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL TRANSITION INTO A SYNOPTIC SNOW EVENT AS AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MOVES TOWARD LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER THIS EVENING AS WINDS BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY 1 AM SUNDAY SHOULD BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ064-060515- /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0008.081206T0600Z-081207T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KGRR.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HOLLAND 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. AS THE WINDS TURN MORE SOUTHERLY EARLY THIS EVENING THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL COME TO AN END. THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. LATER TONIGHT...AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY 5 PM SUNDAY SHOULD BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ071-072-060515- /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0008.081206T0600Z-081207T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KGRR.LE.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. AS THE WINDS TURN MORE SOUTHERLY EARLY THIS EVENING THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL COME TO AN END. THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. LATER TONIGHT...AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY 5 PM SUNDAY SHOULD BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ037-038-043-044-050-060515- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0012.081206T0600Z-081207T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0008.081206T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ057-060515- /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T0600Z-081206T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KGRR.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ KENT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRAND RAPIDS 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. AS THE WINDS TURN MORE SOUTHERLY EARLY THIS EVENING THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL COME TO AN END. THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. LATER TONIGHT...AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL INTO SATURDAY EVENING. ONCE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE MID EVENING ON SATURDAY THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MIZ065-060515- /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T0600Z-081206T2200Z/ /O.EXT.KGRR.LE.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HASTINGS 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. AS THE WINDS TURN MORE SOUTHERLY EARLY THIS EVENING THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WILL COME TO AN END. THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING DURING THE MID EVENING HOURS. LATER TONIGHT...AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL INTO SATURDAY EVENING. ONCE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE MID EVENING ON SATURDAY THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-073-060515- /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T0600Z-081206T2200Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...BATTLE CREEK 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY. AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL INTO SATURDAY EVENING. ONCE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE MID EVENING ON SATURDAY THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MIZ067-074-060515- /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T1200Z-081206T2200Z/ INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANSING...JACKSON 416 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY. AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL INTO SATURDAY EVENING. ONCE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE MID EVENING ON SATURDAY THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WDM
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRR 060018 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...SNOW CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY... .THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...BUT ANOTHER STORM WILL CROSS LOWER MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN NEAR THE LAKE SHORE TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THE STORM. AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING... GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW WILL COVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. FINALLY...BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING HEAVIER SNOW TO AREAS SOUTH OF HOLLAND AND NEAR ROUTE 31. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL NORTH OF MUSKEGON OF A FOOT OR MORE IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. MIZ056-060830- /O.EXP.KGRR.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JENISON 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING OVERNIGHT BUT MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY AS A STORM MOVES ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POOR TO HAZARDOUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE MORE THAN 6 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MIZ064-060830- /O.EXP.KGRR.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.081206T0600Z-081207T2200Z/ ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HOLLAND 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING OVERNIGHT BUT MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY AS A STORM MOVES ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POOR TO HAZARDOUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE MORE THAN 8 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ057-060830- /O.EXP.KGRR.LE.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T0600Z-081206T2200Z/ KENT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRAND RAPIDS 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING OVERNIGHT BUT MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY AS A STORM MOVES ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POOR TO HAZARDOUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ071-072-060830- /O.EXP.KGRR.LE.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.081206T0600Z-081207T2200Z/ VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 5 PM EST SUNDAY... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING OVERNIGHT BUT MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY AS A STORM MOVES ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POOR TO HAZARDOUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE 6 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MIZ065-060830- /O.EXP.KGRR.LE.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081206T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T0600Z-081206T2200Z/ BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HASTINGS 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THERE SHOULD BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW FALLING OVERNIGHT BUT MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY AS A STORM MOVES ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POOR TO HAZARDOUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ037-038-043-044-050-060830- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-073-060830- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T0600Z-081206T2200Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...BATTLE CREEK 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL INTO SATURDAY EVENING. ONCE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE MID EVENING ON SATURDAY THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MIZ067-074-060830- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T1200Z-081206T2200Z/ INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANSING...JACKSON 718 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PREVAIL INTO SATURDAY EVENING. ONCE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST DURING THE MID EVENING ON SATURDAY THE EVENT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ OSTUNO
000 WWUS43 KGRR 060351 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1051 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...MORE SNOW ON THE WAY... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM. AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING... GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. THEN BY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THAT SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVIER SNOW INTO OUR FAVORED NORTHWEST SNOW BELT REGIONS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY NEAR AND WEST OF US-131. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-061200- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON 1051 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ANTICIPATED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ064-071-072-061200- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.081206T0600Z-081207T2200Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1051 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY... MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY... WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ANTICIPATED SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-057>059-065-066-073-061200- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T0600Z-081206T2200Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...BATTLE CREEK 1051 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SATURDAY... MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY... WITH HIGHER END AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THIS ADVISORY AREA FROM SPARTA AND GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH SOUTHEAST TO HASTINGS. LOWER END SNOW AMOUNTS WITHIN THAT RANGE ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS ADVISORY AREA FROM CLARE SOUTH TO MOUNT PLEASANT AND ST. JOHNS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ067-074-061200- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T1200Z-081206T2200Z/ INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANSING...JACKSON 1051 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... MORE SNOW IS ON THE WAY FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ LAURENS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 060830 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 330 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM. THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF OUR AREA THROUGH THE MORNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT IN OUR FAVORED NORTHWEST WIND SNOW BELT REGIONS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-061630- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON 330 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING WITH LIGHTER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ064-071-072-061630- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T2200Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 330 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-057>059-065-066-073-061630- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081206T2200Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...BATTLE CREEK 330 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AS AN ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVES IN. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY MIDNIGHT WITH HIGHER END AMOUNTS IN THAT RANGE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THIS ADVISORY AREA FROM GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH SOUTHEAST TO HASTINGS. LOWER END AMOUNTS WITHIN THAT RANGE ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA FROM CLARE TO MT. PLEASANT AND ST. JOHNS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ067-074-061630- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.081206T1200Z-081206T2200Z/ INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANSING...JACKSON 330 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AS AN ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVES IN. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ LAURENS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 061627 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1127 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A LAKE SHORE EVENT TONIGHT... .THE HEAVY SNOW BAND THAT REMAINED STATIONARY BETWEEN ROUTE 37 AND ROUTE 31 NORTH OF HOLLAND THIS MORNING HAS FINALLY STARTED TO MOVE INLAND. THIS WILL BRING A BAND OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS EAST OF GRAND RAPIDS SHOULD HAVE LESS THAN SIX HOURS OF SNOWFALL WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING. NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING ON THE LAKE SHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER SNOW BAND. THIS BAND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES BETWEEN ROUTE 31 AND ROUTE 37. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE CLOSE TO THE LAKE SHORE ROUGHLY BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH. BY MID EVENING...THE LAKE SNOW BAND WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD AND MOSTLY IMPACT AREAS SOUTH OF SOUTH HAVEN AND WEST OF KALAMAZOO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS GUSTS OF UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY WEST OF A HOLLAND TO KALAMAZOO LINE. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-070030- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON 1127 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WINDS SHOULD GUST TO NEAR 35 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WHILE THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING...THERE SHOULD STILL BE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ISSUES INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES ARE YET POSSIBLE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THAT WOULD BRING STORM TOTALS TO NEAR 20 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ064-071-072-070030- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T2200Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1127 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. ONCE THE WINDS BECOME NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS...GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES UNTIL MID EVENING. OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SIGNIFICANTLY BUT THE SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTAL MAY EXCEED A FOOT BY MID DAY SUNDAY WEST OF HIGHWAY 131....SOUTH OF BLOOMINGDALE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-057>059-065-066-073-062200- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081206T2200Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...BATTLE CREEK 1127 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR HIGHWAY 131 BUT LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR ROUTE 27. HOWEVER DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO FALL BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ067-074-062200- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081206T2200Z/ INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANSING...JACKSON 1127 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO FALL BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WDM
000 WWUS43 KGRR 062059 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 359 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHWEST LAKE SHORE AFTER 1 AM... .SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN EARLY THIS EVENING REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. AS THE WINDS TURN MORE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING THE SNOW BAND WILL REDEVELOP BETWEEN ROUTE 31 AND ROUTE 37 BY LATE THIS EVENING. DURING THAT TIMES WINDS WILL BE GUSTING INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE AND THAT WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THAT AREA. INLAND OF HIGHWAY 131 THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END LATER THIS EVENING. LATE TONIGHT THE SNOW BAND WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD AND MOSTLY IMPACT AREAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SAUGATUC TO KALAMAZOO. SNOWFALL IN THAT AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES LATE IN THE DAY. THAT AREA SHOULD SEE UP TO ANOTHER 6 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS EVENT. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-070500- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON 359 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD GUST TO AS HIGH AS NEAR 35 MPH RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WHILE THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING...THERE SHOULD STILL BE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ISSUES INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF UP TO FIVE INCHES ARE YET POSSIBLE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THAT WOULD BRING STORM TOTALS TO NEAR 20 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ064-071-072-070500- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T2200Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 359 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WILL GUST TO AS HIGH AS 35 MPH INTO LATE THIS EVENING RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SIGNIFICANTLY BUT THE SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTAL MAY EXCEED A FOOT BY MID DAY SUNDAY WEST OF HIGHWAY 131....SOUTH OF BLOOMINGDALE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-057>059-065-066-073-070500- /O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...BATTLE CREEK 359 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST ON SUNDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR HIGHWAY 131 BUT LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR ROUTE 27. HOWEVER DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO FALL BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT EARLY THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ067-074-070500- /O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANSING...JACKSON 359 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST ON SUNDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR HIGHWAY 131 BUT LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR ROUTE 27. HOWEVER DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO FALL BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THAT WILL MAKE TRAVELING DIFFICULT EARLY THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WDM
000 WWUS43 KGRR 070335 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1035 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS WEST OF US-131 AND PRIMARILY SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS AFTER 1 AM... .SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS EAST OF US-131. HOWEVER BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS WEST OF US-131... MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DORR TO PLAINWELL AND KALAMAZOO. MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-070600- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON 1035 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN TWO INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT RESULTING IN LESS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ064-071-072-071145- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T2200Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1035 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY... SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT RESULTING IN LESS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. HOWEVER VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO SUNDAY DUE TO ALL THE SNOW WHICH HAS FALLEN AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-057>059-065-066-073-070600- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-KENT-IONIA- CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...BATTLE CREEK 1035 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING DUE TO ALL THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH HAS OCCURRED. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ067-074-070600- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081207T0600Z/ INGHAM-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANSING...JACKSON 1035 PM EST SAT DEC 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM EARLIER TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ LAURENS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 070756 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 256 AM EST SUN DEC 7 2008 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING... .LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO KALAMAZOO WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. HOWEVER HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE STILL ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING DUE TO SNOW TO ICE COVERED ROADS. MIZ064-071-072-071600- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-081207T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0014.081207T0756Z-081207T1700Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 256 AM EST SUN DEC 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH OR LESS... MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO KALAMAZOO. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY. HOWEVER HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST DUE TO SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS DUE TO ALL THE SNOW WHICH FELL YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LAURENS
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 Dec 5, 12:47 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 12:47 PM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1247 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 LATEST UPDATE...AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS...(459 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008) LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY AS A PORTION OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE AREA THEN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER ALBERTA THIS MORNING APPROACHES THE AREA. MOST AREAS WILL SEE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO BALDWIN AS SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALLOW LAKE MICHIGAN TO ENHANCE SNOWFALL. && .SHORT TERM...(1015 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008) (REST OF TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) I HAVE UPGRADED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY TO A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING SINCE WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPORTS OF BETWEEN 8 TO 10 INCHES IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KENT...EASTERN OTTAWA AND NORTHEAST ALLEGAN COUNTIES IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. ALSO...SINCE THE LATEST RUC SHOWS THE LOW LEVEL WIND CONVERGENCE CONTINUES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AND SHIFTS NORTH ONLY SLIGHTLY... I EXPECTED THE TIME OF THE HEADLINES UNTIL 5 PM FOR BOTH THE WARNING AND ADVISORY COUNTIES. OUR 88D RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW ECHO INTENSITIES OVER 30 DBZ CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE LAKE SHORE AREAS OF OTTAWA AND ALLEGAN COUNTIES THAT THEN MOVE INLAND. GIVEN THE RUC KEEPS THE LIFT AND CONVERGENCE GOING INTO MID AFTERNOON OVER THE HEADLINE COUNTIES I THROUGH IT BEST TO KEEP THE HEADLINES GOING THROUGH 5 PM. I DO EXPECT THE SUNSHINE TO TURN THIS INTO A MORE CELLULAR EVENT BY LATE THIS MORNING. THAT WILL ONLY HELP BRING THE CONVECTION FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE CWA. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ONLY OUR EXTREME NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES WILL HAVE NEGLIGIBLE SNOWFALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION....THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE INVERSION HEIGHTS DROP WITH SHORT WAVE RIDGING ALOFT AND SFC RIDGING MOVING OVERHEAD. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS A SHORT WAVE OVER NRN ALBERTA THIS MORNING...WILL RACE SE TO ERN WI BY 12Z SAT. MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN AHEAD OF THE WAVE...ALLOWING FOR A DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE OVERHEAD. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WNW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SW FLOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL TRY TO ADVECT SOME WARMER AIR IN...HOWEVER H850 TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ONLY TO AROUND -9 TO -10C. PLENTY OF OVER-LAKE INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN AND WILL COMBINE WITH THE SYNOPTIC FORCING TO ENHANCE SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NW CORNER OF THE CWFA. PAST CASES OF A SW FLOW SUCH AS THIS AND A GOOD DEAL OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...BOTH SUPPORT HEAVIER SNOW ALONG AND NW OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO BALDWIN. MODELS SUPPORT A GENERAL 1-3/2-4 INCH TYPE OF EVENT ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA. WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE... MODERATE OVER-LAKE INSTABILITY...AND THE BEST FORCING CLOSE TO THE DGZ...WARNING CRITERIA SNOWS ARE VERY POSSIBLE OVER THE NW. WE EXPECT THAT AN ADVISORY WILL EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED SURROUNDING THE WATCH AREA. THE WINDOW OF BEST SNOW OVER THE NW LOOKS TO BE AFTER 06Z TONIGHT AND THROUGH 18Z TOMORROW. AFTER 18Z SAT...THE FLOW BECOMES NW BEHIND THE FRONT. ADDITIONAL SNOWS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AFTER 18Z AS THE SNOW TRANSITIONS TO LAKE EFFECT. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND A FAVORABLE FLOW WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THROUGH THE EVENING SAT EVENING. AS THE FLOW BECOMES NW...THE SW COUNTIES WILL BEGIN TO SEE LAKE EFFECT TAKE CHARGE. H850 TEMPS WILL FALL BACK DOWN TO AROUND -17C OR SO BY 12Z SUN. INVERSION HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN UP THROUGH 10K FEET THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF SAT NIGHT. THIS COMBINATION WILL BRING POTENTIAL FOR SOME HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO KALAMAZOO. WE CONTEMPLATED ISSUING A WATCH FOR THIS AREA. HOWEVER WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS HOLDING OFF UNTIL MAINLY SAT NIGHT...WE FELT IT WAS BEST TO HOLD OFF FOR NOW WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON. LAKE EFFECT WILL THEN DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH PULLS AWAY AND SFC RIDGING MOVES IN. && .LONG TERM...(459 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008) (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) LONG TERM BEGINS WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. MODELS HAVE SHIFTED SOMEWHAT FOR NEXT WEEK...YIELDING A LESS CONFIDENT FORECAST. FOR THAT REASON DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST. MODELS WERE BRINGING A HEALTHY CLIPPER THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY...NOW IT IS MORE OF AN INVERTED TROUGH. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG LOW THAT THE GFS WAS ROLLING UP INTO EASTERN CANADA MID WEEK (WHICH WAS TUGGING VERY COLD AIR SOUTH OUT OF CANADA INTO THE GREAT LAKES) IS NO LONGER THERE. TO ADD FURTHER COMPLEXITY...ON THURSDAY MORNING...THE GFS HAS A 1004MB LOW DROPPING OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WHEREAS THE EURO HAS A SPRAWLING HIGH BUILDING IN. SUFFICE IT TO SAY CONFIDENCE IS LOW. IT DOES STILL LOOK TO BE A COLDER THAN NORMAL PERIOD...WITH CHANCES AT LAKE EFFECT SNOW. HOPING FOR MORE IN THE WAY OF MODEL CONSISTENCY OFF THE 12Z MODEL RUNS. && .MARINE...(459 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008) HAVE GONE AHEAD AND HOISTED A GALE WARNING FOR THE PERIOD FROM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 KNOT RANGE THIS MORNING AT THE OBSERVATION SITES AT BIG SABLE AND THE MUSKEGON GLERL. WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE INCOMING SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SATURDAY. MODELS INDICATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MIX A PORTION OF THE 40+ KNOT SOUTHWEST WIND CORE AROUND 2K FEET BEGINNING AFTER 00Z THIS EVENING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL WHERE WINDS DROP DOWN TO AROUND 25 KNOTS FOR A FEW HOURS ON SAT WHEN THE FRONT COMES THROUGH. HOWEVER NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KICK UP TO GALES ONCE AGAIN AS THE FRONT PASSES AND COLDER AIR ADVECTS IN. FREEZING SPRAY WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER WATER TEMPS MAY BE A TAD TOO WARM PER LOCAL STUDIES. THIS CAN BE ADDRESSED MORE BY LATER SHIFTS. && .AVIATION...(1247 PM EST FRI DEC 5 2008) THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO VERY SLOWLY DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING AS INVERSION HEIGHTS LOWER AND LIFT WITHIN THE SNOW GROWTH REGION WEAKENS. HOWEVER...IFR OR EVEN PATCHY LIFR WILL PERSIST IN THIS ACTIVITY UNTIL AROUND 02Z. ALSO OF NOTE WILL BE THE BACKING WINDS...FROM WESTERLY TO SOUTHWEST BY EVENING. THIS WILL HELP TAKE THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AWAY FROM ALL THE TAF SITES EXCEPT MKG BY SUNSET. THERE SHOULD BE A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL FROM MID EVENING UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER BY 08-10Z MORE SNOW WILL MOVE BACK IN AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL BRING A BURST OF SNOW TO ALL TAF SITES THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE LAKESHORE AS ANOTHER OF ROUND OF LAKE EFFECT IS GENERATED. && .HYDROLOGY...(459 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008) NO SIGNIFICANT HYDRO ISSUES IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO GENERALLY BE BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. LITTLE TO NO RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. IT DOES APPEAR THAT WE WILL BUILD A SNOWPACK WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED MOST DAYS AND A FEW SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING THROUGH 5 PM FOR KENT...OTTAWA AND ALLEGAN COUNTIES. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY THROUGH 5 PM FOR BARRY...VAN BUREN AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR OTTAWA...MUSKEGON...OCEANA...MASON... LAKE...AND NEWAYGO COUNTIES FROM 06Z SAT THROUGH 06Z SUN. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY. GALE WARNING IN EFFECT 00Z SATURDAY THROUGH 09Z SUNDAY. && SYNOPSIS: NJJ SHORT TERM: NJJ WDM LONG TERM: DUKE MARINE: NJJ AVIATION: JK HYDROLOGY: NJJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 9:58 AM EST, 6 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 958 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-061130- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 958 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. AREAS BETWEEN HIGHWAY 131 AND ROUTE 31 SOUTH OF MUSKEGON AND NORTH OF SOUTH HAVEN WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON BRINGING SNOW TOTALS TO AS HIGH AS 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THAT AREA. ELSEWHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT...BECOMING ENHANCED BY THE LAKE FROM HOLLAND NORTH UP THE COAST. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF A HOLLAND TO NEWAYGO LINE TONIGHT...WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY FALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 131. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WILL OCCUR TOWARD THE LAKE WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL. AWAY FROM THE LAKE TOWARD LANSING LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED...ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SATURDAY NIGHT THE SNOW WILL BECOME MORE FOCUSED SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS TOWARD SAUGATUCK AND SOUTH HAVEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT PLEASE SEND US SNOWFALL INFORMATION IF POSSIBLE. LMZ844>849-061130- 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- 958 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALLER CRAFT ON LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. WAVES WILL RUN BETWEEN 5 AND 8 FEET TODAY...BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE TO GALE FORCE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY GALE FORCE WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT PLEASE SEND US SNOWFALL INFORMATION IF POSSIBLE. DUKE WDM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 5, 2:09 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
209 PM EST FRI DEC 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM SNOW 3 SW KENTWOOD 42.85N 85.63W
12/05/2008 M6.0 INCH KENT MI NWS EMPLOYEE
SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR PAST 24 HOURS
&&
JKLocal storm report, Dec 5, 2:39 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
239 PM EST FRI DEC 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM SNOW 2 S GREENVILLE 43.15N 85.25W
12/05/2008 E0.8 INCH MONTCALM MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW ACCUMULATION PAST 24 HOURS
&&
JKLocal storm report, Dec 5, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
245 PM EST FRI DEC 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM SNOW ALMA 43.38N 84.65W
12/05/2008 E0.4 INCH GRATIOT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS
&&
JKLocal storm report, Dec 5, 3:22 PM EST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
322 PM EST FRI DEC 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM SNOW 5 N HOLTON 43.49N 86.08W
12/05/2008 M3.0 INCH OCEANA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE DAYBREAK TODAY. SNOW DEPTH 10
INCHES
&&
JKLocal storm report, Dec 5, 3:49 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
349 PM EST FRI DEC 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM SNOW 3 E SOUTH HAVEN 42.40N 86.21W
12/05/2008 E4.5 INCH VAN BUREN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE 2 PM THURSDAY
&&
JKLocal storm report, Dec 5, 4:10 PM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
410 PM EST FRI DEC 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0408 PM SNOW 2 S KALAMAZOO 42.25N 85.59W
12/05/2008 M3.0 INCH KALAMAZOO MI TRAINED SPOTTER
THE STORM TOTAL OF THREE INCHES WAS RECORDED NEAR THE I94
AND US 131 INTERSECTION.
&&
GWETZELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa | 13 hr |
| Dec 5, 5:09 AM EST | Gale Warning | GRR | 47 hr | |
| Dec 5, 9:36 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | GRR | Allegan, Kent, Ottawa | 9 hr |
| Dec 5, 4:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 8 more | 33 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.