Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 8, 2008, 3:44 PM EST for 11 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 8, 2008, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr. 48 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 8, 2008, 3:44 PM EST (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Clare County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 8, 9:30 PM EST | SNOW 1.6 | 3 Wsw Hart, MI | THIS IS THE SNOW FALL SINCE THE START TIME AT 5 PM EST. |
| Dec 8, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 Sse Big Rapids, MI | THIS IS A TOTAL SINCE THE BEGINNING AT 5 PM. THE SNOW DEPTH WAS 7.5 INCHES. |
| Dec 8, 10:45 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Ne Mount Pleasant, MI | THIS IS THE TOTAL SNOW FOR THE CURRENT SYSTEM. THE SNOW DEPTH WAS 7.5 INCHES. |
| Dec 8, 11:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Breckenridge, MI | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE BEGINNING AT 6 PM EST. THE SNOW DEPTH WAS 6.5 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 5:28 AM EST | SNOW 4 | N Muskegon, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM 5 PM MONDAY THROUGH 5 AM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 5:41 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Scottville, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM 5 PM MONDAY THROUGH 5 AM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 5:41 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Lake, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM 5 PM MONDAY THROUGH 5 AM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 5:48 AM EST | SNOW 5 | White Cloud, MI | SNOWFALL FROM 530 PM MONDAY THROUGH 3 AM TUESDAY. SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 6:19 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Breckenridge, MI | SNOWFALL FROM 6 PM MONDAY THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY. SNOW DEPTH 7 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 6:37 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Rodney, MI | 12 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Dec 9, 6:37 AM EST | SNOW 6.5 | 5 N Mears, MI | 12 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Dec 9, 6:37 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Paris, MI | 12 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Dec 9, 7:12 AM EST | SNOW 5.1 | Hart, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 7 AM. SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 7:21 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Big Rapids, MI | BIG RAPIDS WATER PLANT SNOWFALL BEGINNING 5 PM MONDAY AND ENDING AT 7 AM TUESDAY. SNOW DEPTH 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 7:21 AM EST | SNOW 5.8 | Scottville, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 7 AM. SNOW DEPTH 20 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 7:31 AM EST | SNOW 8.4 | Hersey, MI | SNOWFALL FROM 6 PM MONDAY THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY. SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 7:48 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Wnw Greenville, MI | SNOWFALL FROM 5 PM MONDAY THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY. SNOW DEPTH 5 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 8:26 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Fremont, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 7 AM. SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 8:45 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Harrison, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM 7 PM MONDAY THROUGH 830 AM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 8:52 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 3 Ssw Walkerville, MI | SNOWFALL FROM 10 PM MONDAY THROUGH 840 AM TUESDAY. SNOW DEPTH 19 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 9:07 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Grant, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 9 AM. SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 9:41 AM EST | SNOW 6.2 | 1 Ne Mount Pleasant, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 930 AM. SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 11:32 AM EST | SNOW 2.3 | Hart, MI | SNOWFALL FROM 7 AM THROUGH 11 AM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 11:57 AM EST | SNOW 7 | 4 S Weidman, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 1130 AM. SNOW DEPTH 11 INCHES |
| Dec 9, 11:57 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Big Rapids, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 11 AM. |
| Dec 9, 12:17 PM EST | SNOW 6.8 | Baldwin, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 7 AM. SNOW DEPTH 17 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 12:45 PM EST | SNOW 10 | Freesoil, MI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. REPORT COURTESY OF TV 9 AND 10. |
| Dec 9, 1:38 PM EST | SNOW 3.1 | 1 Sse Big Rapids, MI | SNOWFALL FROM 9 AM THROUGH 130 PM. STORM TOTAL SNOW OF 9.1 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 2:09 PM EST | SNOW 2.7 | Big Rapids, MI | SNOWFALL FROM NOON UNTIL 2 PM TUESDAY. |
| Dec 9, 2:11 PM EST | SNOW 12 | Reed City, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 1 PM. |
| Dec 9, 3:27 PM EST | SNOW 10 | 4 Nne Lakewood Club, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING IN BLUE LAKE TOWNSHIP. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 22 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 3:45 PM EST | SNOW 10 | Big Rapids, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 15.5 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 4:00 PM EST | SNOW 9.1 | 3 Wsw Hart, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 5PM YESTERDAY. THE OBSERVER REPORTED 4.0 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 7AM THIS MORNING. |
| Dec 9, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 9.5 | 1 Ne Mount Pleasant, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS BETWEEN 13 AND 14 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 10 | 4 S Weidman, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THREE INCHES OF SNOW FELL FROM NOON TO 5PM TODAY. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 10.0 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 11 | 1 Ne Ferry, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH RANGES FROM 25 TO 28 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Mount Pleasant, MI | THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL FROM 6PM YESTERDAY TO 6PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOW DEPTH AT 6PM WAS 11.0 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 6:31 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 9 E White Cloud, MI | THIS IS THE SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM 615AM TODAY TO 630PM THIS EVENING. |
| Dec 9, 6:45 PM EST | SNOW 10.8 | 1 Sse Big Rapids, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 5PM YESTERDAY. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 15 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 3.8 | 4 Sse Muskegon, MI | THIS IS THE SNOWFALL FROM 7PM MONDAY TO 7PM TONIGHT. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS APPROXIMATLEY 12.3 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 13.5 | Harrison, MI | THIS IS THE SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM 730PM MONDAY TO 730PM TONIGHT. |
| Dec 9, 8:10 PM EST | SNOW 16 | Freesoil, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY. SIX INCHES FELL FROM NOON TO 530PM TODAY. |
| Dec 9, 8:15 PM EST | SNOW 12 | 4 S Baldwin, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY. |
| Dec 9, 8:31 PM EST | SNOW 10 | Hesperia, MI | THIS IS AN ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY. |
| Dec 9, 8:40 PM EST | SNOW 7 | S Lakeview, MI | THIS IS THE ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. THE CURRENT DEPTH IS ESTIMATED TO BE 12.0 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 9:30 PM EST | SNOW 10.2 | 3 Wsw Hart, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 930PM. |
| Dec 9, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 11.5 | 1 Ne Mount Pleasant, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE YESTERDAY. THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS FROM 14 TO 15 INCHES. |
| Dec 10, 1:00 AM EST | SNOW 13 | Farwell, MI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ENDING AT 100 AM. SNOW BEGAN AT 530 PM ON THE 8TH. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 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 082044 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 344 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING... .A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP...MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY FREEZING RAIN IN THE SOUTH TOWARD INTERSTATE 94 THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW TO THE NORTH TOWARD U.S. 10. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR WILL SEE LESS IN THE WAY OF SNOW...ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 6 INCHES. FREEZING RAIN MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-090445- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0013.081209T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0009.081209T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 344 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER DARK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. 10 CORRIDOR FROM BALDWIN EAST TO HARRISON AND CLARE. 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. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MIZ056>059-090445- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0013.081209T0000Z-081210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.081209T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 344 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TO AN INCH OR TWO TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING COULD REACH THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 FROM ROCKFORD EAST THROUGH BELDING AND ST. JOHNS. THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BOTH TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ064>067-071>074-090445- /O.CON.KGRR.ZR.Y.0003.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 344 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...MIXING AT TIMES WITH SOME SLEET. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN A LIGHT COATING OF ICE...ON THE ORDER OF A TENTH OF AN INCH. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION TO RESULT IN TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES SO IF TRAVELLING TONIGHT USE CAUTION. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DUKE
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRR 090308 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1008 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY EVENING... .A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT SOUTH TOWARD INTERSTATE 94. A WINTERY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT NEAR THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR AND ALL SNOW IS ANTICIPATED NORTH TOWARD ROUTE 10. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR WILL SEE LESS IN THE WAY OF SNOW...ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 6 INCHES. FREEZING RAIN MAY ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-091115- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 1008 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ROUTE 10 CORRIDOR FROM BALDWIN EAST TO HARRISON AND CLARE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MIZ064>067-071>074-091115- /O.CON.KGRR.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1008 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD RESULT IN A LIGHT COATING OF ICE... ON THE ORDER OF A TENTH OF AN INCH. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION TO RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MIZ056>059-091115- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 1008 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TO AN INCH OR TWO OVERNIGHT... WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY EVENING COULD REACH THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 FROM ROCKFORD EAST THROUGH BELDING AND ST. JOHNS. THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS BOTH TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LAURENS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 090851 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 351 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BRING A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... MAINLY NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR WILL SEE MIXED PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING THAT COULD ACTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF PLAIN RAIN. HOWEVER THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE MIXED PRECIPITATION ISSUES THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE RANGE OF STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... FROM AROUND 2 INCHES SOUTH TO 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF IT. MIZ064>067-071>074-091000- /O.CAN.KGRR.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-081209T1500Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 351 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE MODERATED TO ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THEREFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-091700- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 351 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TODAY WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ MIZ056>059-091700- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 351 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION OF SNOW... SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND EVEN PLAIN RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IS ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND SNOW COULD INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THEN. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LAURENS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 091643 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1143 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...MORE SNOW ON THE WAY FOR CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHES FROM NEAR GRAND HAVEN NORTHEAST TO ALMA AT MIDDAY. MAINLY SNOW WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF THIS LINE...WITH RAIN AND FOG TO THE SOUTH. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE FRONT WILL SLIP SOUTHEAST TOWARD DETROIT...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AS A HEAVIER BURST OF SNOW WORKS THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY COUNTIES WILL SEE A SWITCH OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. THE ADVISORY COUNTIES MAY SEE A BURST OF AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL SNOW BEFORE ENDING. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-100045- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 1143 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE ENDING THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...PUSHING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL INTO THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE. AREAS FROM MUSKEGON EAST TO ALMA EXPERIENCING RAIN AT MIDDAY SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON HOURS. IF TRAVELLING IN THE WARNING AREA BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AS YOU WILL NEED TO REDUCE SPEED. $$ MIZ056>059-100045- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 1143 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... RAIN WAS FALLING AT MIDDAY ACROSS THE ADVISORY COUNTIES FROM GRAND HAVEN AND HOLLAND EAST THROUGH GRAND RAPIDS TO ST. JOHNS. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH AS A HEAVIER BURST OF PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES TOWARDS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO SLIDE TO NEAR FREEZING SO SOME ICY SPOTS MAY REDEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. AFTER THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A HALF MILE BY THE FALLING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY ONCE AGAIN. SO...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE EVENING COMMUTE. $$ DUKE
000 WWUS43 KGRR 092112 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 412 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHES FROM NEAR SOUTH HAVEN NORTHEAST TO LANSING THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY SNOW WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF THIS LINE... WITH RAIN AND FOG TO THE SOUTH. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENING THE FRONT WILL SLIP SOUTHEAST TOWARD DETROIT...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY SEE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE ENDING. MANY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL REACH THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY COUNTIES CONTINUE TO SEE A SWITCH OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. THE ADVISORY COUNTIES MAY SEE A BURST OF AN INCH OR SO OF ADDITIONAL SNOW BEFORE ENDING. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-100300- /O.EXT.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 412 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AFTER DARK. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS. IF TRAVELLING IN THE WARNING AREA BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AS YOU WILL NEED TO REDUCE SPEED. $$ MIZ056>059-100300- /O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081210T0300Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 412 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. A BURST OF HEAVIER SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. A QUICK INCH OR TWO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION BY 800 TO 1000 PM. AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO NEAR AND SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING SLIPPERY ROADS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE COMMUTE HOME FROM WORK OR SCHOOL. AFTER THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A HALF MILE BY THE FALLING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY ONCE AGAIN. SO...USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING COMMUTE. $$ DUKE
000 WWUS43 KGRR 100110 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 810 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 THIS EVENING. MAINLY SNOW WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF THIS LINE... WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE SOUTH. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENING THE FRONT WILL SLIP SOUTHEAST TOWARD INDIANA...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. MUCH OF THE REGION WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW THIS EVENING. MANY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL REACH THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED SOUTH AS THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-100600- /O.EXT.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 810 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE ENDING. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL APPROACH A FOOT IN MANY AREAS. IF TRAVELLING IN THE WARNING AREA BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AS YOU WILL NEED TO REDUCE SPEED. $$ MIZ064>067-071>074-100800- /O.EXB.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081210T0800Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 810 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO 11 PM. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO NEAR AND SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING SLIPPERY ROADS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER LIKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ MIZ056>059-100600- /O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 810 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A BURST OF HEAVIER SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TO NEAR AND SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING SLIPPERY ROADS ARE LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER LIKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$
000 WWUS43 KGRR 100606 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 106 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-100715- /O.EXP.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 106 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT THE LAST OF THE LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ARE COMING TO AN END. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MIZ064>067-071>074-100715- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081210T0800Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 106 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT THE LAST OF THE LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ARE COMING TO AN END. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MIZ056>059-100715- /O.EXP.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081210T0600Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 106 AM EST WED DEC 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT THE LAST OF THE LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ARE COMING TO AN END. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ 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 8, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 155 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008 LATEST UPDATE...LONG TERM... .SYNOPSIS...(400 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008) MAINLY DRY WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 BY LATE AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN COULD DEVELOP FURTHER NORTH INTO THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR TONIGHT AS WARMER AIR ADVECTS IN ALOFT OVER SURFACE TEMPERATURES STILL BELOW FREEZING. THIS COULD RESULT IN LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING MAINLY FROM INTERSTATE 96 SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES WILL TAP A GREAT DEAL OF GULF MOISTURE AND BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA TUESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS SYSTEM NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. MORE COLD WEATHER AND SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE ANTICIPATED BEHIND THAT SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY. && .SHORT TERM...(400 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008) (TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT) CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. SOUTH FLOW LIFTING OVER THE BOUNDARY AS RESULTED IN A BAND OF PCPN STRETCHING FROM NW ILLINOIS SOUTHEAST TO SRN OHIO. EXPECT THIS PCPN TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH RESULTING IN SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA. DECIDED TO KEEP THE ADVISORY AS IS. PCPN ACROSS THE SRN CWA WILL BECOME RAIN TUESDAY MORNING AS THE SFC LOW PUMPS WARMER AIR INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LOWER MICHIGAN. AS FOR THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TUESDAY... A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE LOW. IT IS ALSO STILL QUITE POSSIBLE THAT SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE WAVES WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO OUR REGION (RATHER THAN A SINGULAR MORE VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM). ONE THING THAT IS CERTAIN HOWEVER IS THAT THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE WILL TAP A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GULF MOISTURE DUE TO PERSISTENTLY STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OFF THE GULF FROM 12Z MON THROUGH TUE EVENING. WITH GENERAL GUIDANCE TRENDS PULLING THE WARMER AIR FURTHER NORTH... IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PCPN COULD ACTUALLY GO OVER TO PLAIN RAIN TUESDAY ACROSS AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR CWFA. HOWEVER THIS NOTION IS COUNTER-BALANCED BY THE FACT THAT WITH ALL THE SNOW ON THE GROUND... BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS COULD BE A BIT COLDER THAN WHAT GUIDANCE SUGGESTS TUESDAY. I BELIEVE MAX GUIDANCE MAX TEMPS TUESDAY ARE TOO MILD AND STRONGLY PREFER COLDER 2-METER TEMP FCST PROFILES. I BELIEVE WE ALSO NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF POTENTIAL FOR FOG TUESDAY AS SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ADVECTS HIGHER DEW PT AIR INTO OUR CWFA AND AS RAIN AND MELTING OF SNOW OCCURS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN CWFA. THIS POTENTIAL FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT SHOULD REACH AS FAR NORTH AS OUR CENTRAL CWFA... BUT I AM NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT FOG POTENTIAL UP NORTH. WE HAVE ADDED FOG TO THE APPROPRIATE NDFD GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. ANY RAIN OR MIXED PCPN ISSUES SHOULD END BY TUESDAY EVENING AS WE GET INTO NORTHERLY FLOW CAA ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. RATHER SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AND F-VECTOR CONVERGENCE ORIENTED SW TO NE ACROSS OUR CWFA (AS INDICATED BY 00Z GFS GUIDANCE). WE HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE WINTER STORM WATCH HEADLINE UNCHANGED AT THIS TIME FOR POTENTIAL OF SNOW AND FZRA. FEEL IT IS WISER TO ALLOW DAY SHIFT TO MAKE WARNING/ADVISORY DECISIONS BASED ON ALL THE LATEST DATA AND MODEL TRENDS. WE ARE HOWEVER PROACTIVELY GETTING THE FZRA ADVISORY INFO OUT DUE TO THE ESCALATING POTENTIAL FOR THAT LATE THIS AFTN/TONIGHT. IT SHOULD ALSO BE STRESSED THAT POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER END SNOW ACCUMS IS SHIFTING FURTHER NORTH... WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF FZRA MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF LWR MI. && .LONG TERM...(155 PM EST MON DEC 8 2008) (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) AGREE WITH PREVIOUS DISCUSSION THAT LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL SHOULD BE MINIMAL WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM...THANKS TO RAPIDLY APPROACHING ANTICYCLONIC FLOW. MODELS REMAIN IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING A CLIPPER THAT SHOULD BRING ENHANCED SNOW CHANCES ON THURSDAY...PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTHERN CWFA. HAVE LEFT CHANCES FOR SNOW NEAR THE LAKESHORE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH RECENT MODEL RUNS SUGGEST AN EARLIER EXIT TO THIS SYSTEM. THERE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT WARMING TREND WITH THE MODELS DURING THE END OF THIS WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ARE IMPROVING SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHOULD APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE TRACK OF THIS LOW IS TRENDING FARTHER N...MEANING THAT LOWER MI WOULD BE IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH A CORRESPONDINGLY WARM LOWER TROPOSPHERE. AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION THAT THIS MAY WELL END UP BEING A RAIN EVENT. FOR NOW...HAVE MENTIONED A RAIN/FREEZING RAIN COMBINATION IN THE FORECASTS BASED ON POTENTIALLY COLD NEAR-SURFACE TEMPERATURES. OF COURSE...THIS IS A HIGHLY UNCERTAIN FORECAST SO FAR OUT...AND IT WILL BE VERY SUBJECT TO CHANGE. && .MARINE...(400 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008) SSE WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KTS WILL RESULT IN WAVES IN THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY RANGE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN HIGH WAVE HEIGHTS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDWEEK AS WELL. && .AVIATION...(1146 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008) VFR CONDITONS ARE SLOWLY SPREADING NORTH ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. LIGHT PCPN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH BUT CIGS MAY BE SLOW TO FALL. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE FAR SOUTH AND MOVE NORTH...CHANGING TO SOME LIGHT SNOW NORTH OF I-96. THIS PCPN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ICING CONDITIONS OVER THE SRN TAF SITES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. IT/S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT SOME ICING WILL OCCUR AT KLAN/KGRR/KMKG TOO BUT WILL NOT BE AS MUCH AS THE OTHER THREE SITES. && .HYDROLOGY...(400 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008) NO HYDRO ISSUES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM OTTAWA...KENT...IONIA... AND CLINTON COUNTIES NORTHWARD FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM 21Z THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 15Z TUESDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF OUR CWFA. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. && SYNOPSIS: LAURENS SHORT TERM: LAURENS 93 LONG TERM: TJT MARINE: LAURENS AVIATION: 93 HYDROLOGY: LAURENS
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 6:00 AM EST, 9 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 600 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-091015- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 600 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ROADS MAY BE SLICK THIS MORNING FROM THE LIGHT SNOW WHICH FELL SUNDAY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD ADVANCE A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH INTO THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. MAINLY SNOW IS ANTICIPATED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 TONIGHT WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND EVEN FOG IS ANTICIPATED TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 OR MORE INCHES BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO ALMA. THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR MAY EXPERIENCE A TOTAL OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. MEANWHILE MOSTLY RAIN AND FOG IS ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 ON TUESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-091015- 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- 600 AM EST MON DEC 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES NORTH OF MUSKEGON TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH ON TUESDAY AND INCREASE... RESULTING IN WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. THE WINDS AND WAVES WILL DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES NORTH OF MUSKEGON ON TUESDAY AND OVER ALL OF THE LAKE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MEADE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 4:12 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 6 more | 33 hr |
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