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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 9, 2009, 4:30 AM EST for 11 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 48 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 9, 2009, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2009, 4:46 AM EST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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 9, 5:13 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Baldwin, MI | ROADS ARE REPORTED TO BE VERY SLIPPERY |
| Dec 9, 5:22 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Hart, MI | A VERY WET SNOW. ROADS ARE VERY SLIPPERY. |
| Dec 9, 5:30 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Ludington, MI | SNOWFALL WAS FROM 8 PM THROUGH 530 AM. |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Nne Holland, MI | SNOW CHANGED TO ICE PELLETS AT 1230 AM AND THEN TO DRIZZLE AT 345 AM. SNOW BEGAN AGAIN AT 545. |
| Dec 9, 6:10 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Scottville, MI | THIS IS A 12 HOURS TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 9, 6:15 AM EST | SNOW 6 | 6 Se Whitehall, MI | REPORT WAS FROM NEAR MICHIGAN ADVENTURE. |
| Dec 9, 6:28 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Tallman, MI | SNOWFALL WAS FROM 6 PM LAST NIGHT THROUGH 6 AM THIS MORNING. |
| Dec 9, 6:49 AM EST | SNOW 4.4 | 2 W Ada, MI | SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. MEASURED ABOUT .7 INCHES OF WATER IN THE 4.4 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 6:54 AM EST | SNOW 3 | East Grand Rapids, MI | SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. THERE WAS .66 INCHES OF WATER IN THE SNOW...WHICH CONTAINED SOME RAIN. |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nnw Dutton, MI | THIS IS THE SNOW STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 9, 7:09 AM EST | SNOW 6 | White Cloud, MI | HEAVY WET SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED TO 6 INCHES. THERE IS NOW 7 INCHES ON THE GROUND. SEVERAL TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN BY THE WIND OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Lowell, MI | 24 HOURS SNOW TOTAL AT THE WWTP OF 3.5 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 9:43 AM EST | SNOW 9.3 | Ludington, MI | THIS IS THE STORM TOTAL IN LUDINGTON. |
| Dec 9, 9:53 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 Ne Muskegon, MI | STORM TOTAL IS 4 INCHES |
| Dec 9, 9:55 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Scottville, MI | THIS IS A 12 HOUR TOTAL REPORTED BY MEDIA |
| Dec 9, 10:20 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 4 Nw Montague, MI | CO-OP OBSERVER REPORT 5 INCHES OF CONCRETE LIKE HEAVY SNOW AT 34 DEGREES. WIND JUST TURNED SOUTHWEST. |
| Dec 9, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 11 | Ludington, MI | DOWNTOWN LUDINGTON HAS 11 INCHES AND 4SSE OF LUDINGTON HAS 10.1 INCHES STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 9, 12:53 PM EST | SNOW 11 | Freesoil, MI | STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 9, 12:54 PM EST | SNOW 11 | Scottville, MI | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 9, 6:18 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 4 N Grand Rapids, MI | THIS IS THE DAILY SNOWFALL TOTAL AT WZZM TV 13. THE STORM TOTAL IS 2.0 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 6:40 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Schoolcraft, MI | THIS IS SNOWFALL SINCE 1015AM. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING. |
| Dec 9, 7:50 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 E Allendale, MI | THIS IS A DAILY SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Dec 9, 7:50 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 5 Nne Grand Rapids, MI | THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 9, 7:50 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Se Cascade, MI | THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 9, 7:50 PM EST | SNOW 6 | 3 Wnw Rockford, MI | THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. THE SNOW DEPTH IS 3.0 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 7:50 PM EST | SNOW 10 | 2 S White Cloud, MI | THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. THE SNOW DEPTH IS 8 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 2.3 | Dorr, MI | THIS IS A THREE HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 1030PM. |
| Dec 9, 11:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.8 | Grandville, MI | THIS IS SNOWFALL FROM 5PM TO 11PM. SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 9, 11:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Schoolcraft, MI | THIS IS NEW SNOWFALL SINCE 630PM. SINCE 1015AM...6.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING. |
| Dec 9, 11:24 PM EST | SNOW 1.4 | 4 N Grand Rapids, MI | THIS IS THE DAILY TOTAL AT WZZM TV 13. |
| Dec 10, 12:33 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Plainwell, MI | SNOWFALL IN PAST 12 HOURS |
| Dec 10, 4:42 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Wsw Holland, MI | TWO INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN SINCE 9 PM LAST NIGHT. THE ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. |
| Dec 10, 5:40 AM EST | SNOW 1.6 | 2 W Ada, MI | |
| Dec 10, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 S Grand Haven, MI | THIS WAS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 10, 6:30 AM EST | SNOW 4.3 | 2 Wsw Walker, MI | THIS WAS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 S Newyago State Park, MI | THIS WAS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.2 | 3 Wsw Hart, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 7 AM. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.2 | 5 Nw Shelby, MI | THIS WAS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.6 | 4 W Bellevue, MI | THIS WAS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 6.4 | 1 E Cutlerville, MI | BETWEEN 7 PM LAST NIGHT THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING 6.4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN. THERE IS 9 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 6.6 | 4 S Muskegon, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 7.2 | 4 N Walkerville, MI | THIS WAS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 7.6 | 3 Ssw Cascade, MI | THIS IS A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 1 W Kalamazoo, MI | |
| Dec 10, 8:19 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 3 Wnw Caledonia, MI | NEW SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 PM LAST NIGHT AND 8 AM THIS MORNING IS 4.0 INCHES. THERE IS 5 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 10, 8:47 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Ludington, MI | THIS WAS THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW TOTAL SINCE 10 PM EST 12/09/09. |
| Dec 10, 9:10 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Allegan, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 10, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.7 | 3 Wsw Hart, MI | THIS WAS A TOTAL SINCE 7 PM EST 12/09/09. |
| Dec 10, 10:30 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Dorr, MI | THIS WAS A TOTAL SINCE 1030 PM EST 12/09/09. THE STORM TOTAL WAS 7.0 INCHES. |
| Dec 10, 10:55 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Schoolcraft, MI | THIS IS A TOTAL FROM 1015 AM EST 12/09/09 TO 6 AM EST 12/10/09. |
| Dec 10, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Grandville, MI | THIS WAS A TOTAL SINCE 5 PM EST 12/09/09. THE LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF THE SNOW WAS 0.39 INCHES. |
| Dec 10, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Walker, MI | THIS IS A 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 10, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 10 | Alamo, MI | TTOAL FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO NOON FRIDAY. |
| Dec 10, 12:10 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Plainwell, MI | THIS WAS A 12 HOUR TOTAL. THE LIQUID EQUIVALENT WAS 0.21 INCHES. THE SNOW DEPTH WAS 10 INCHES. |
| Dec 10, 1:45 PM EST | SNOW 7 | 2 W Grandville, MI | 35 MPH ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS AND ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 10, 2:45 PM EST | SNOW 3.8 | 2 W Ada, MI | THIS IS A 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Dec 10, 3:16 PM EST | SNOW 7 | Oshtemo, MI | SNOWFALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 3 PM. SNOW DEPTH 12 INCHES. |
| Dec 10, 5:35 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Schoolcraft, MI | ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 130 PM THROUGH 530 PM. SNOW DEPTH 12 INCHES. |
| Dec 10, 5:36 PM EST | SNOW 6.9 | Grandville, MI | SNOWFALL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 530 PM. STORM TOTAL 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 10, 6:38 PM EST | SNOW 5.3 | Muskegon, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 630 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 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 090950 WSWGRR WWUS43 KGRR 090930 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 450 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MIZ056-057-064-091730- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.091209T1800Z-091210T2100Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND 450 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAVY BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM BETWEEN INTERSTATE 96 AND INTERSTATE 94. SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE TONIGHT. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ MIZ037-038-043-044-050-091730- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.091209T0930Z-091210T2100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON 450 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON. WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. * WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-091730- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.091209T0930Z-091210T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA 450 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON. WINDS AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. * WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * 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. && $$ MIZ058-091730- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.091210T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ IONIA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IONIA 450 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY LATE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. * WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MIZ065-071-072-091730- /O.EXP.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.091209T1800Z-091210T2100Z/ BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 450 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAVY BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM BETWEEN INTERSTATE 96 AND INTERSTATE 94. SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE TONIGHT. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ MIZ059-066-067-073-074-091730- /O.EXP.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.091210T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 450 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TOWARD EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. * WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED THIS EVENING AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCURS. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JK
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000 WWUS43 KGRR 091559 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1059 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MIZ037-038-043-044-050-100000- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON 1059 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ MIZ056-057-064-065-071-072-100000- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.091209T1800Z-091210T2100Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1059 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT. * WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-100000- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA 1059 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EVENING. PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * 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. && $$ MIZ058-059-066-067-073-074-100000- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.091210T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1059 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EVENING. PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TJT
000 WWUS43 KGRR 091656 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1156 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MIZ037-038-043-044-050-100100- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON 1156 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ MIZ056-057-064-065-071-072-100100- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.091209T1800Z-091210T2100Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND... HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1156 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT. * WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ MIZ058-059-066-067-073-074-100100- /O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.091209T1656Z-091210T2100Z/ IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1156 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EVENING. PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * 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. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-100100- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA 1156 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EVENING. PERIODS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MJS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 092105 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 404 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-100515- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 404 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-100515- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 404 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY THROUGH TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE FORECASTED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MJS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 100105 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 805 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-100915- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 805 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 800 PM AN INTENSE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WAS OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. IT WAS IMPACTING TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN HOLLAND AND SOUTH HAVEN. THIS LAKE BAND WAS ALSO IMPACTING U.S. 131 AND INTERSTATE 94 AROUND KALAMAZOO. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS OCCURRED SINCE THIS AFTERNOON IN THIS SNOW BAND. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE MORE SCATTERED. HOWEVER POCKETS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ALONG U.S. 31 FROM SHELBY TO GRAND HAVEN. THE LAKE EFFECT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 10 PM INTO THE OVERNIGHT WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-100915- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 805 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 800 PM SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE IMPACTING AREAS FROM BIG RAPIDS...TO IONIA...TO JACKSON. VISIBILITIES WERE FREQUENTLY BELOW A MILE IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EVENING. THE REGION ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 WILL LIKELY SEE THE MOST FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS. THIS WILL IMPACT INTERSTATES 96...69...127 AND 94. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE FORECASTED. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 100420 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1120 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-101230- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1120 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1130 PM INTENSE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. IT WAS IMPACTING TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN HOLLAND AND BENTON HARBOR. THESE LAKE BANDS WERE ALSO IMPACTING U.S. 131 SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS OCCURRED SINCE THIS AFTERNOON IN THESE SNOW BANDS. SNOWFALL RATES OF GREATER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE MORE SCATTERED. HOWEVER...POCKETS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ALONG U.S. 31 FROM HART TO GRAND HAVEN AND ALONG INTERSTATE 96 WEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THE LAKE EFFECT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-101230- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1120 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1130 PM SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE IMPACTING AREAS FROM BIG RAPIDS...TO IONIA...TO JACKSON. VISIBILITIES WERE FREQUENTLY BELOW A MILE IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. THE REGION ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 WILL LIKELY SEE THE MOST FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS. THIS WILL IMPACT INTERSTATES 96...69...127 AND 94. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 100421 CCA WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1121 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-101245- /O.COR.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY- VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1121 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1120 PM INTENSE BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE STATE. IT WAS IMPACTING TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 196 BETWEEN HOLLAND AND BENTON HARBOR. THESE LAKE BANDS WERE ALSO IMPACTING U.S. 131 SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS OCCURRED SINCE THIS AFTERNOON IN THESE SNOW BANDS. SNOWFALL RATES OF GREATER THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE... THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE MORE SCATTERED. HOWEVER...POCKETS OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ALONG U.S. 31 FROM HART TO GRAND HAVEN AND ALONG INTERSTATE 96 WEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. THE LAKE EFFECT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT WHEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-101245- /O.COR.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1121 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1120 PM SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WERE IMPACTING AREAS FROM BIG RAPIDS...TO IONIA...TO JACKSON. VISIBILITIES WERE FREQUENTLY BELOW A MILE IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. THE REGION ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 WILL LIKELY SEE THE MOST FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS. THIS WILL IMPACT INTERSTATES 96...69...127 AND 94. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 100928 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 428 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 MIZ037-038-043-044-101730- /O.CAN.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT 428 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION TODAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * 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. && $$ MIZ050-056-057-064-065-071-072-101730- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 428 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY EARLY THIS MORNING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TODAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-101730- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091210T2100Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON- EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 428 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SCATTERED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED TODAY AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER WIND CHILLS OCCUR. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION TODAY. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 101622 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1122 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 MIZ050-056-057-064-065-071-072-110030- /O.EXT.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1122 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES AT GRAND RAPIDS...MUSKEGON TO SOUTH HAVEN WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN THE STRONGER BANDS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL SEE THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES AND GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-110030- /O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM- GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT... GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1122 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SCATTERED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ROUTE 46 ACROSS MONTCALM COUNTY INTO GRATIOT COUNTY WILL SEE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND BITTER WIND CHILLS OCCUR. * NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL SEE THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES AND GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THROUGH TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MJS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 102028 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 328 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 MIZ050-056-057-064-065-071-072-110430- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 328 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WEAKEN DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. HOWEVER...THEY WILL INTENSIFYING AGAIN AFTER 700 PM. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN THE STRONGER BANDS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. * SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... AND COLD WIND CHILLS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL SEE THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES AND GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-110430- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM- GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT... GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 328 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * SCATTERED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING. IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM NEAR BATTLE CREEK TO ST. JOHNS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA OVERNIGHT. * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES. * SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS TO MINUS 10 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS OCCUR. * NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL SEE THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES AND GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THROUGH TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MJS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 110345 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1045 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 MIZ050-056-057-064-065-071-072-111100- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1045 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THE WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... AND COLD WIND CHILLS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL BE MOST INFLUENCED WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND EXTREME DRIFTING DURING THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-111100- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM- GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT... GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1045 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES. * SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS TO MINUS 10 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND LOW WIND CHILLS OCCUR. * NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL BE MOST INFLUENCED WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND EXTREME DRIFTING DURING THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THROUGH TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 110946 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 446 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 MIZ050-056-057-064-065-071-072-111100- /O.CAN.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 446 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONLY IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. * WITH THE DIMINISHING SNOW AND WINDS THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SOME LINGERING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL STILL OCCUR TODAY. IMPACTS... * THE REGION WILL SLOWLY RECOVER FROM SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * MANY AREAS RECEIVED OVER A FOOT OF SNOW OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS. THE WIND WHIPPED SNOW PRODUCED LOW VISIBILITIES AND DEEP DRIFTS. * OPEN AREAS WILL STILL EXPERIENCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY...BUT CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-111100- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM- GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT... GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 446 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONLY IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. * WITH THE DIMINISHING SNOW AND WINDS THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SOME LINGERING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL STILL OCCUR TODAY. IMPACTS... * THE REGION WILL SLOWLY RECOVER FROM SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW OCCURRED OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS. THE WIND WHIPPED SNOW PRODUCED LOW VISIBILITIES AND DEEP DRIFTS. * OPEN AREAS WILL STILL EXPERIENCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY...BUT CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ JK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 9, 12:40 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 12:40 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1240 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
LATEST UPDATE...AVIATION...
.SYNOPSIS...(415 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009)
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. THIS STORM WAS DEVELOPING IN COLORADO...AND WILL TRACK
THROUGH LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF
THE AREA THIS EVENING. AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN FOR SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN. THEN AS ARCTIC AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON
WEDNESDAY ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(1033 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009)
(TONIGHT THROUGH 1 PM WED)
FORECAST SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK. WARMER AIR AND DRY SLOT WILL KEEP
MOST ACCUMS SOUTH OF I-96 TO 2-4 INCHES AS A MIX OR COMPLETE CHANGE
OVER OCCURS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...NORTH OF A MUSKEGON TO GRATIOT
COUNTY LINE WE WILL LIKELY SEE A SHARP GRADIENT IN THE SNOW ACCUMS
OVERNIGHT. THIS AREA WILL ESCAPE THE DRY SLOT AND WILL ALSO LARGELY
REMAIN SNOW. 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MORNING ACROSS THIS
AREA. AND THE 00Z NAM SUGGEST THIS WILL BE THE PIVOT REGION OF THE
DEFORMATION ZONE TOWARD DAYBREAK...LEADING TO MORE SNOW IN THIS AREA
INTO WED MORNING. A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN SOME SPOTS BY NOON
IN THIS AREA.
ELEVATED INSTABILITY ARRIVES FROM 06Z TO 12Z AND THAT WILL LEAD TO A
RISK FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. SOME SLEET COULD MIX IN DURING
ANY BURST OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION.
COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL STRENGTHEN WED AM. BY 1 PM SNOW SHOULD BE
MIXING IN WITH ANY RAIN. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AND GUSTS
OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS MIXING HEIGHTS INCREASE BY NOON...
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. THE WIND
DATA WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES.
&&
.MID TERM...(415 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009)
(1 PM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)
BIGGEST CONCERNS DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE LAKE EFFECT
POTENTIAL...WINDS...AND RESULTING POTENTIAL FOR POSSIBLE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WE WILL BE LEAVING UP THE WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR THE SW CORNER OF THE CWFA FOR THIS PERIOD...AND EXPECT THAT IT
WILL BE UPGRADED IN THE NEXT FCST PACKAGE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
CONDITIONS.
LOW WILL BE JUST EXITING THE CWFA AT 18Z WED. COLDER AIR WILL BE
WRAPPING IN FROM THE W/NW FAIRLY QUICKLY...CHANGING ALL PCPN BACK
OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF
LULL IN THE HEAVIER PCPN AS THE SYNOPTIC PCPN MOVES OUT...AND BEFORE
THE LAKE EFFECT CAN GET GOING.
H850 TEMPS WILL PLUMMET FROM AROUND -3C AROUND 18Z WED TO -20C OR SO
BY EARLY THU MORNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL GET GOING BY WED
EVENING...AND CONTINUE RIGHT ON THROUGH THU NIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE
CWFA. THE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WRLY WED EVENING AND REMAIN SO
SO THROUGH THU NIGHT. THIS WILL FAVOR THE LAKESHORE LOCATIONS AND
LOCATIONS OVER THE SW QUARTER OF THE CWFA WHICH ARE DOWNWIND OF THE
LARGEST FETCH OF THE LAKE. SNOW SHOWERS WILL REACH WELL INLAND WITH
THE STRONG FLOW.
AS FAR AS ACCUMULATIONS ARE CONCERNED...THE HEAVIEST ACCUMS WILL BE
FOUND IN THE AFOREMENTIONED FAVORED AREAS LISTED ABOVE. SOME HEALTHY
ACCUMS ARE EXPECTED WED NIGHT WITH INSTABILITY BECOMING MODERATE TO
EXTREME...AND MOISTURE REMAINING RATHER DEEP /THROUGH 10K FT/ AS THE
SYSTEM IS STILL PULLING AWAY. WINDS WILL TEND TO SPREAD THE ACCUMS
INLAND A BIT...KEEPING AMOUNTS FROM GETTING TOO HIGH. THE POTENTIAL
FOR ACCUMS WILL DIMINISH A BIT FOR THU AND THU NIGHT AS THE LOW DGZ
AND COLDER TEMPS WILL LIMIT FLAKE SIZE. COMBINING ALL THREE
PERIODS...SOME LOCATIONS IN ALLEGAN...KENT...OTTAWA...AND BARRY
COUNTIES COULD SEE A FOOT OF SNOW FROM WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAKE EFFECT...THE WINDS WILL BECOME A MAJOR
FACTOR. MOST MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT MOST OF THE CWFA WILL SEE
WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 TO LOCALLY 50 MPH WED NIGHT AND ON THU. THESE
WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
VISIBILITIES GOING DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES NEAR THE LAKESHORE. IF
THE CONFIDENCE IN THE FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AND VISIBILITIES
CONTINUES...A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. INLAND AREAS WILL NOT
SEE CONDITIONS QUITE AS BAD WITH LESS SNOW AND SLIGHTLY WEAKER
WINDS...BUT CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE QUITE BLUSTERY. AN ADVISORY
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED INLAND FOR THIS PART OF THE EVENT.
WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE WITH VALUES DROPPING BELOW ZERO
LATE WED NIGHT AND CONTINUING ON THU WITH TEMPS HOLDING IN THE
TEENS.
&&
.LONG TERM...(245 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009)
(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
A FEW RELATIVELY MINOR SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF ANY OF THESE
SYSTEMS. ANY LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SHOULD SHUT DOWN QUICKLY FRIDAY
WITH INCREASINGLY ANTICYCLONIC FLOW.
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...PREVIOUS RUNS OF THE ECMWF ADVERTISE CYCLONIC
FLOW TO SHARPEN AS A CANADIAN PV ANOMALY BRUSHES THE NORTHERN GREAT
LAKES AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT CROSSES THE CWFA. THE GFS AGREES
WITH THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM BUT IS A BIT WEAKER. HOWEVER...THE
LATEST 12Z ECMWF SHOWS A LATER FRONTAL PASSAGE...SO CONFIDENCE IN
THIS TIME FRAME FOR POPS REMAINS RATHER LOW. HAVE ONLY INTRODUCED
CHANCE OF SNOW AT THIS TIME IN LINE WITH HPC GUIDANCE.
MODEL SOLUTIONS REMAIN DIVERGENT FROM SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
WORK WEEK...KEEPING CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST LOW. HAVE THEREFORE
STAYED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE OF CHANCE SNOW EACH DAY AS BROAD
CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT SHOULD DOMINATE THE PATTERN. IT IS WORTH NOTING
THAT THE 12Z ECMWF ADVERTISES A PV ANOMALY SWEEPING ACROSS THE CWA
MONDAY...SUGGESTING HIGHER THAN CHANCE POPS. SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST
INDICATION...WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES AT THIS TIME.
THE PATTERN BEGINS TO AMPLIFY AN UPSTREAM RIDGE BY MIDWEEK...WHICH
SHOULD RESULT IN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND COLDER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION...(1240 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009)
AT LEAST IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH LOW
CEILINGS MOST OF THE TIME...AND VISIBILITIES DROPPING WEDNESDAY
EVENING. INITIAL BAND OF SNOW IS WORKING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE TAF
SITES CURRENTLY...WITH A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM
LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BRIEFLY MIX TONIGHT
WITH SOME SLEET AT KLAN AND KJXN...BEFORE GOING OVER TO RAIN AND
DRIZZLE AT ALL SITES TOWARD MORNING. THE RAIN AND DRIZZLE WITH
CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS COLD AIR POURS INTO THE
STATE BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE
RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY EVENING AS HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW DEVELOPS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH STRONG WINDS. EXPECTING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT
KGRR AND KAZO DURING THE EVENING.
&&
.MARINE...(415 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009)
A GALE WARNING CONTINUES. GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN LATE WED MORNING THROUGH AT
LEAST WED NIGHT.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...(415 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009)
NO HYDRO ISSUES EXPECTED ALTHOUGH SOME RISES ARE POSSIBLE IN
KALAMAZOO RIVER BASIN DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH QPF FALLS IN THE FORM OF
RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
&&
.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...WINTER STORM WARNING ALLEGAN...KENT...IONIA...GRATIOT COUNTIES
NORTHWARD THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ELSEWHERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
WINTER STORM WATCH VAN BUREN...KALAMAZOO AND BARRY COUNTIES
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LM...GALE WARNING ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.
&&
SYNOPSIS: MJS
SHORT TERM: MJS JK
LONG TERM: TJT
MID TERM: NJJ
AVIATION: DUKE
MARINE: MJS
HYDROLOGY: MJSHazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 4:32 PM EST, 11 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 432 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-091045- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 432 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT NORTH OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO MT. PLEASANT WHERE 5 TO LOCALLY 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY. SOUTH OF THAT LINE...1 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE LINE. SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 69...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL RAIN TOWARD MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO MT. PLEASANT. AS THE COLD AIR SPREADS IN BEHIND THE STORM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW. VERY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY BEFORE WINDS START TO DECREASE DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-091045- 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- 432 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EAST GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THAT WILL BUILD WAVES TO HAZARDOUS HEIGHTS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WEST GALES UP TO 45 KNOTS WILL MOVE IN BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE DANGEROUSLY HIGH AND WITH THE SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...ICE BUILD UP MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM FOR ANY BOATS IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. WDM NJJ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 9, 1:02 AM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
102 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM SNOW 4 W PORTAGE 42.20N 85.66W
12/08/2009 M1.0 INCH KALAMAZOO MI TRAINED SPOTTER
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS OCCURRING. SIDE ROADS HAVE
BECOME SNOW COVERED. VISIBILITY DROPPING TO A QUARTER
MILE AT TIMES.
0940 PM SNOW 3 S CEDAR SPRINGS 43.18N 85.55W
12/08/2009 M1.5 INCH KENT MI TRAINED SPOTTER
THIS IS SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 715 PM TO 940 PM.
1030 PM SNOW PLAINWELL 42.44N 85.64W
12/08/2009 M2.0 INCH ALLEGAN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
THIS IS A THREE HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 1030PM. THE
SNOW LIQUID EQUIVALENT WAS 0.19 INCHES. THE SNOW DEPTH IS
3.5 INCHES. RAIN STARTED AT 1120PM.
1100 PM SNOW 3 N HOLLAND STATE PARK 42.83N 86.21W
12/08/2009 M2.0 INCH OTTAWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW STARTED AT 700 PM. SNOW TOTAL IS FROM 700 PM THROUGH
1100 PM.
1110 PM SNOW 4 N GRAND RAPIDS 43.02N 85.68W
12/08/2009 M1.0 INCH KENT MI BROADCAST MEDIA
THIS IS SNOWFALL MEASURED AT WZZM 13 IN WALKER.
1110 PM SNOW 6 WNW LANSING 42.77N 84.66W
12/08/2009 M1.4 INCH EATON MI COUNTY OFFICIAL
STORM TOTAL SNOW SO FAR.
1115 PM SNOW 1 WSW GRANDVILLE 42.90N 85.78W
12/08/2009 M3.0 INCH KENT MI NWS EMPLOYEE
FROM 7 PM UNTIL 11 PM I HAD 2.6 INCHES OF SNOW. BETWEEN
10 AM AND 4 PM I MEASURED 0.4 INCHES OF SNOW. THERE WAS 5
INCHES ON SNOW ON THE GROUND AT 11 PM.
1115 PM SNOW NORTON SHORES 43.16N 86.26W
12/08/2009 M1.0 INCH MUSKEGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
THE SPOTTER ALSO MEASURED OUT 0.13 LIQUID EQUIVALENT.
1200 AM SNOW 5 S LANSING 42.66N 84.55W
12/09/2009 M2.3 INCH INGHAM MI BROADCAST MEDIA
THIS IS SNOWFALL FROM 9PM TO MIDNIGHT MEASURED AT WILX TV
IN LANSING.
1200 AM SNOW KENTWOOD 42.90N 85.59W
12/09/2009 M1.6 INCH KENT MI NWS EMPLOYEE
THIS IS THE SNOWFALL TOTAL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
1200 AM SNOW 5 NNW LANSING 42.80N 84.58W
12/09/2009 M1.6 INCH CLINTON MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
THIS IS A 5 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT MIDNIGHT AT
LANSING CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT.
1200 AM SNOW 4 E KENTWOOD 42.90N 85.51W
12/09/2009 M2.1 INCH KENT MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
THIS IS A 5 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT MIDNIGHT AT NWS
GRAND RAPIDS.
1200 AM SNOW 2 NE BATH 42.84N 84.42W
12/09/2009 M2.0 INCH CLINTON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
THIS IS THE SNOWFALL FROM 730PM TO MIDNIGHT.
1200 AM SNOW 4 SSE MUSKEGON 43.17N 86.22W
12/09/2009 M2.5 INCH MUSKEGON MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
THIS IS A 5 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT MIDNIGHT AT
MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT.
&&
BMARINOLocal storm report, Dec 9, 1:57 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
157 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 AM SNOW 2 NE BATH 42.84N 84.42W
12/09/2009 M3.6 INCH CLINTON MI PUBLIC
SNOW HAS CHANGED TO SLEET AS OF 145 AM AFTER BEING VERY
LARGE WET SNOWFLAKES UP TO 2 INCHES ACROSS AT 130 AM.
&&
BMARINOLocal storm report, Dec 9, 2:01 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
201 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM SNOW MASON 42.58N 84.44W
12/09/2009 U0.0 INCH INGHAM MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
US-127 NEAR MASON CLOSED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE DUE TO
ACCIDENTS. THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
&&
BMARINOLocal storm report, Dec 9, 2:17 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
217 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0216 AM SNOW ENE ST. JOHNS 43.00N 84.55W
12/09/2009 M4.0 INCH CLINTON MI PUBLIC
SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL AS OF 215 AM.
&&
BMARINOLocal storm report, Dec 9, 3:48 AM EST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
348 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM SNOW E BRECKENRIDGE 43.41N 84.47W
12/09/2009 M4.1 INCH GRATIOT MI PUBLIC
HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 26
MPH AND THAT CONTINUES TO CAUSE DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
&&
BMARINOLocal storm report, Dec 9, 4:29 AM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
429 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 AM SNOW HASTINGS 42.65N 85.29W
12/09/2009 M2.0 INCH BARRY MI CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
BMARINOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 4:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 10 more | 48 hr |
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Sources
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