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Small Craft Advisory 28, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 19, 2009

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at May 19, 2009, 3:30 PM EDT. It took effect at May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2009, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 20, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at May 19, 3:17 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:17 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 6:12 AM EDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
612 AM EDT TUE MAY 19 2009

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-201015-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
612 AM EDT TUE MAY 19 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER RISK WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE
MILD TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS AND GUSTY WINDS.

ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A HIGH FIRE DANGER RISK EXISTS FOR PARTS OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY.

ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ON RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
MUCH OF THE WEEK.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-201015-
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-
612 AM EDT TUE MAY 19 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL EXIST FOR PARTS
OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ON WEDNESDAY.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 2:35 PM EDTRed Flag WarningGRRClare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo and 2 more29 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Michigan, 2009Every small craft advisory in 2009

Sources

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