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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 10:11 AM EST | Gale Warning | GRR | 8 hr | |
| Dec 23, 11:36 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Clare, Isabella, Kent, Lake, Mason and 7 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:24 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 42 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.