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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

December 23, 200823 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 23, 2008, 3:36 AM EST for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 23, 2008, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2008, 3:36 AM EST (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2008, 9:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 24, 2008, 10:33 PM EST
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
All 23 counties

Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent 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, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Dec 23, 12:15 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 12:15 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 5:12 PM EST, 10 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
512 PM EST MON DEC 22 2008

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-231215-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
512 PM EST MON DEC 22 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS FROM
SAUGATUCK TO GRAND RAPIDS NORTH TO LUDINGTON AND BALDWIN. THE SNOW
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE
EVENING. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 1000 PM. GIVEN THE RECENT SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECT
SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.

ICE JAMS IN THE TYPICAL LOCATIONS ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY
RESULT IN FLUCTUATIONS. HOWEVER...AT THIS POINT NO SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING IS EXPECTED. YOU ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER
LEVELS IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO ICE JAM FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EVENT IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IS
EXPECTED TO SURGE NORTH OVER THE COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER LOWER
MICHIGAN...WHICH WILL RESULT IN SNOW THAT COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA DURING THIS TIME.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96. ACCUMULATING SNOW
IS ALSO EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96...ALTHOUGH SNOW
MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THERE. ACCUMULATIONS
IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST
QUARTER OF LOWER MICHIGAN.

A WARMER SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE TAKING SHAPE FOR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...WHICH COULD SEND TEMPERATURES TO ABOVE 50. RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHICH ON TOP OF A DEEP SNOWPACK COULD
LEAD TO FLOODING CONCERNS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST
FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING INTO THE WEEKEND.

ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLUCTUATIONS ON AREA CREEKS AND
RIVERS. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO ICE JAMS YOU WILL NEED TO
CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER AND STREAM CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD
BE HELPFUL.

LMZ844>849-231215-
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-
512 PM EST MON DEC 22 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL WATER CRAFT
THROUGH TONIGHT. WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL WATER
CRAFT THROUGH THIS COMING WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD
BE HELPFUL.

WDM MJS DUKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 10:11 AM ESTGale WarningGRR8 hr
Dec 23, 11:36 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRRAllegan, Clare, Isabella, Kent, Lake, Mason and 7 more35 hr
Dec 23, 6:24 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR42 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Michigan, 2008Every winter weather advisory in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.