Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 7, 2009, 3:47 PM EST for 15 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 8, 2009, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr. 11 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 7, 2009, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 8, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 4:50 AM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Clare County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella 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
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 9:40 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 S Cedar Springs, MI | THIS IS SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 715 PM TO 940 PM. |
| Dec 8, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Plainwell, MI | 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. |
| Dec 8, 11:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 N Holland State Park, MI | SNOW STARTED AT 700 PM. SNOW TOTAL IS FROM 700 PM THROUGH 1100 PM. |
| Dec 8, 11:10 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 4 N Grand Rapids, MI | THIS IS SNOWFALL MEASURED AT WZZM 13 IN WALKER. |
| Dec 8, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Norton Shores, MI | THE SPOTTER ALSO MEASURED OUT 0.13 LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 8, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Wsw Grandville, MI | 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. |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.6 | Kentwood, MI | THIS IS THE SNOWFALL TOTAL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.1 | 4 E Kentwood, MI | THIS IS A 5 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT MIDNIGHT AT NWS GRAND RAPIDS. |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 Sse Muskegon, MI | THIS IS A 5 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT MIDNIGHT AT MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT. |
| Dec 9, 3:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.1 | E Breckenridge, MI | HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 26 MPH AND THAT CONTINUES TO CAUSE DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. |
| Dec 9, 4:37 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Mount Pleasant, MI | SNOW IS NOW MIXING WITH SLEET AND RAIN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 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 072047 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 347 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 MIZ037>040-043>046-050-080500- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 347 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SQUALLS...PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AND IN SOME CASES IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ALONG WITH FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071-072-080500- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 347 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION WHICH COULD SERIOUSLY IMPACT TRAVEL BY TUESDAY EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY ALSO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ OSTUNO
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGRR 072359 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 659 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 MIZ037>040-043>046-050-080800- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 659 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. * SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WINDCHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 10 BELOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TUESDAY EVENING. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WET SNOW COMBINES WITH GUSTY WINDS TO BRING DOWN LIMBS TUESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071-072-080800- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 659 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN TUESDAY MORNING. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WINDCHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 10 BELOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WET SNOW COMBINES WITH GUSTY WINDS TO BRING DOWN LIMBS TUESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COBB
000 WWUS43 KGRR 080005 CCA WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 704 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 MIZ037>040-043>046-050-080830- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 704 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. * SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WINDCHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 10 BELOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED TUESDAY EVENING. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WET SNOW COMBINES WITH GUSTY WINDS TO BRING DOWN LIMBS TUESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071-072-080830- /O.COR.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 704 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WINDCHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 10 BELOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WET SNOW COMBINES WITH GUSTY WINDS TO BRING DOWN LIMBS TUESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ COBB
000 WWUS43 KGRR 080352 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1052 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 MIZ037>040-043>046-050-081200- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 1052 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES. * LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING NEAR LAS VEGAS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW COULD MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 10 BELOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WET SNOW COMBINES WITH GUSTY WINDS TO BRING DOWN LIMBS TUESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071-072-081200- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1052 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING NEAR LAS VEGAS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 10 BELOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WET SNOW COMBINES WITH GUSTY WINDS TO BRING DOWN LIMBS TUESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 080944 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 444 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 MIZ056-057-064-081745- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091208T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND 444 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SMALL COATING OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ANY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TOWARD MID DAY WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ051-052-058-081745- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA 444 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SMALL COATING OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ANY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY EARLY THIS EVENING POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-081745- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 444 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES. * LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN BY EARLY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED EARLY EVENING. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ065-071-072-081745- /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.091208T2100Z-091209T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 444 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD MIDNIGHT. THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL EARLY WEDNESDAY...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MIZ059-066-067-081745- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.091208T2100Z-091209T0900Z/ CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 444 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN OVERNIGHT. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MIZ073-074-081745- /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.091208T2100Z-091209T0900Z/ CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 444 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD MIDNIGHT. THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 081718 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1218 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 MIZ056-057-064-090130- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091208T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND 1218 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SMALL COATING OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ANY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TOWARD MID DAY WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-058-090130- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA 1218 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. * HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED STARTING TONIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO THIS EVENING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ065-071-072-090130- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.091208T2100Z-091209T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1218 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. * SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD MIDNIGHT. THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL EARLY WEDNESDAY...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ059-066-067-073-074-090130- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.091208T2100Z-091209T0900Z/ CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1218 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS EVENING. LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 8 PM THIS EVENING. * SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN OVERNIGHT. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MJS
000 WWUS43 KGRR 082140 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 440 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 MIZ037-038-043-044-050-090545- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... MUSKEGON 440 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LAST INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ039-040-045-046-051-052-058-090545- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.091209T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...BIG RAPIDS... MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA 440 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LAST INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ056-057-064-090545- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND 440 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 9 PM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR ALLEGAN TO ABOUT 5 INCHES NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS. * SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN BY MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT OR FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ065-071-072-090545- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 440 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 8 PM. LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN BY MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TOWARD MID DAY WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM AROUND 4 INCHES NEAR THE LAKE SHORE TO 10 INCHES INLAND BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ059-066-067-073-074-090545- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 440 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 8 PM. LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN BY MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TJT/JB
000 WWUS43 KGRR 090133 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 833 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 MIZ056-057-064-090945- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND 833 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * AS OF 830 PM STEADIER SNOWFALL WAS MOVING INTO THE ALLEGAN...HOLLAND AND GRAND RAPIDS REGIONS. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * AFTER MIDNIGHT THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT OR FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-090945- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 833 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * AS OF 830 PM STEADIER SNOWFALL WAS MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND WILL REACH THE MUSKEGON...BIG RAPIDS...MT. PLEASANT AND LUDINGTON REGIONS AROUND 1030 PM. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED NEAR ROUTE 10. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ051-052-058-090945- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA 833 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * AS OF 830 PM STEADIER SNOWFALL WAS MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND WILL REACH THE IONIA AND ALMA REGIONS AROUND 9 PM. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * AFTER MIDNIGHT THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ065-071-072-090945- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 833 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * AS OF 830 PM STEADY SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN BY MIDNIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TOWARD MID DAY WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ059-066-067-073-074-090900- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 833 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * AS OF 830 PM STEADY SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN BY MIDNIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 090207 CCA WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 905 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 MIZ056-057-064-091030- /O.COR.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND 905 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 830 PM STEADIER SNOWFALL WAS MOVING INTO THE ALLEGAN...HOLLAND AND GRAND RAPIDS REGIONS. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MIDNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. A TOTAL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. * AFTER MIDNIGHT THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT OR FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-091030- /O.COR.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 905 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 830 PM STEADIER SNOWFALL WAS MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND WILL REACH THE MUSKEGON...BIG RAPIDS...MT. PLEASANT AND LUDINGTON REGIONS AROUND 1030 PM. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED NEAR ROUTE 10. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ051-052-058-091030- /O.COR.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA 905 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 830 PM STEADIER SNOWFALL WAS MOVING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND WILL REACH THE IONIA AND ALMA REGIONS AROUND 9 PM. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * AFTER MIDNIGHT THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIX WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN TOWARD MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ065-071-072-091030- /O.COR.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ /O.COR.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 905 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 830 PM STEADY SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN BY MIDNIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TOWARD MID DAY WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ059-066-067-073-074-090900- /O.COR.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 905 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 830 PM STEADY SNOW HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN BY MIDNIGHT AND CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
000 WWUS43 KGRR 090417 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1117 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 MIZ056-057-064-091230- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND 1117 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1110 PM MODERATE SNOWFALL WAS MOVING THROUGH THE ALLEGAN...HOLLAND AND GRAND RAPIDS REGIONS. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS MIXTURE WILL HALT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. BY DAYBREAK SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST ALLEGAN COUNTY TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IN FAR NORTHERN KENT COUNTY. * THE MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT OR FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-091230- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 1117 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1110 PM MODERATE SNOWFALL WAS MOVING THROUGH THE MUSKEGON...BIG RAPIDS...MT. PLEASANT AND LUDINGTON REGIONS. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT A MODERATE CLIP OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES... WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED NEAR ROUTE 10. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ051-052-058-091230- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091210T1200Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA 1117 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1110 PM MODERATE SNOWFALL WAS MOVING THROUGH THE IONIA AND ALMA REGIONS. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS MIXTURE WILL HALT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. BY DAYBREAK SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 INCHES IN SOUTHERN IONIA COUNTY TO AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES IN FAR NORTHWEST MONTCALM COUNTY. * EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. * THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. * EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ065-071-072-091230- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0007.091209T2100Z-091210T1200Z/ BARRY-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO 1117 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1110 AM SNOW HAS LIGHTEN UP AND WAS OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH RAIN AND SLEET. MIXED PRECIPITATION OR JUST RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE TONIGHT. * THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TOWARD MID DAY WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ059-066-067-073-074-090900- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091209T0900Z/ CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1117 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1110 AM SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO LIGHTEN UP AND WAS OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH RAIN AND SLEET. MIXED PRECIPITATION OR JUST RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE TONIGHT. * THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TOWARD MID DAY WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE COMMUTE HOME. * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 7, 12:52 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 12:52 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1252 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 LATEST UPDATE...AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS...(1045 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009) LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SOME SNOW TODAY WITH SOME ISOLATED HEAVY AMOUNTS ACROSS AREAS FROM MUSKEGON TO HART WHERE ACCUMULATIONS OVER 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE...ONLY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96...AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES TUESDAY AND THEN NORTHEAST INTO OUR AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 TUESDAY NIGHT AND MIXED PRECIPITATION NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MIXED RAIN... FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO WIND DRIVEN SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS IT TURNS VERY WINDY AND SHARPLY COLDER ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE INTENSIFYING LOW. HIGH WINDS... SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. && .SHORT TERM...(1045 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009) (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MUSKEGON AND OCEANA COUNTIES WHERE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN IN A SMALL AREA OF STRONG SFC CONVERGENCE ENHANCED BY LAKE MOISTURE BETWEEN 12Z AND 15Z THIS MORNING. THIS SNOW WILL WEAKEN AS THE LOW MOVES EAST AND SFC CONVERGENCE WEAKENS LEAVING BEHIND AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN AN AREA FROM MUSKEGON TO HESPERIA. ALSO BUMPED UP POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST FORECAST AREA FOR TODAY. REST OF PREVIOUS FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS. NUMEROUS SHORT TERM FCST CHALLENGES INCLUDE TIMING SNOW INTO OUR CWFA LATE TUESDAY AND ALSO DETERMINING HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE ALSO NEED TO ADDRESS PCPN TYPE ISSUES FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES TUESDAY WILL INTENSIFY TO AROUND 980 MB NEAR GARY INDIANA BY 12Z WED AND THEN DOWN TO AROUND 972 MB OVER GEORGIAN BAY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS HAS POTENTIAL TO BE A HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM FOR MUCH OF OUR CWFA. WE ARE GOING WITH A BLEND OF 00Z ECMWF/GFS AS MODELS OF CHOICE SINCE THEY ARE QUITE SIMILAR AND HAVE BEST CONTINUITY IN HOW THEY HANDLE THE EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM AND ARE ALSO THE PREFERRED MODELS OF CHOICE BY HPC. IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING AS WARM AIR ADVECTION SNOW OVERSPREADS OUR CWFA AND INCREASES IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY NEAR AND NORTH OF I-96. I AM MOST CONCERNED ABOUT OUR NW CWFA FOR HIGHEST END SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT. 00Z GFS GUIDANCE ALSO SHOWS THAT RATHER STRONG MID LEVEL FGEN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THAT AREA FROM 06Z WED THROUGH 18Z WED. HOWEVER EVEN OUR CENTRAL CWFA COULD SEE AT LEAST 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL TEMPS WILL BE SLOW TO CREEP UP GIVEN THE BRISK EASTERLY FLOW. EVENTUALLY ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL MORE THAN LIKELY ADVECT INTO THE LOW LEVELS TO CAUSE MIXED RAIN... SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP. SREF PROBABILISTIC AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING POTENTIAL FOR A FEW HRS OF FZRA NEAR AND SOUTH OF I-96. THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT IS EXPECTED ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR... WHERE ONLY AROUND AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW SHOULD FALL BEFORE PCPN BECOMES MIXED WITH OR CHANGES TO FZRA AND THEN RAIN. OBVIOUSLY CHANGES TO THE EXPECTED LOW TRACK WOULD HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS ON SNOW AMOUNTS AND PCPN TYPE ISSUES... SO WE WILL NEED TO MONITOR SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE TRENDS REGARDING THIS SYSTEM VERY CLOSELY. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN... SNOW AND POSSIBLY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF OUR CWFA WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL QUICKLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL OCCUR AS VERY STRONG WINDS DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE INTENSIFYING SFC LOW ADVECTING MUCH COLDER AIR IN. IN FACT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR A FLASH FREEZE TO OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SFC TEMPS PLUMMET INTO THE 20S RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIND WHIPPED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AS SUGGESTED BY LATEST SREF GUIDANCE 12 HR MEAN SNOW PROGS FROM 00Z THUR TO 12Z THUR. SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES POSSIBLE. AS FOR TODAY... THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW WITH AROUND AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION... MAINLY NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MKG TO MOP. MOST OF OUR GUIDANCE POPS ARE QUITE LOW FOR OUR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CWFA TODAY. HOWEVER RGNL RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT SNOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN LAKE MI. THEREFORE WE RAISED POPS TO HIGH CHC FOR OUR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CWFA TODAY AND KEPT LIKELY POPS GOING FURTHER NORTH. && .LONG TERM...(410 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009) (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) LITTLE QUESTION THERE WILL BE A DEEP STORM DEPARTING THE AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT INTO THIS COMING WEEKEND TOO. THIS OF COURSE MEANS HIGHER THAN USUAL FORECASTER CONFIDENCE. WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES NEAR -20C (SEEMS EACH NEW MODEL RUN GETS COLDER WITH THIS FEATURE)...THE DGZ CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND THE MEAN RH IN THE LOWER 5000 FT OVER 90 PCT... IT MAKES SENSE TO ME SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. IN FACT AT 18Z FRI THE 1000 TO 700 MB RH ON THE GFS IS OVER 90 PCT OVER THE WESTERN 1/3 OF THE CWA. BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOT RANGE THURSDAY AND 25 TO 35 KNOTS INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS MEANS SNOW FLAKES WILL BE SMALL AND BLOWN A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE DOWN WIND. IT ALSO MEANS VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LOWER THAN SNOW SHOWERS WITH LARGE FLAKES DUE TO OPTICAL SCATTERING EFFECTS. WE COULD SEE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE CWA INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON (NORTH OF I-94). SO WHILE THE INVERSION HEIGHTS ARE NOT ALL THAT HIGH AND THE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR ZONE WILL BE NORTH OF THE GRR CWA... I STILL FEEL STRONGLY THERE WILL BE SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. ACCUMULATIONS WILL NOT BE LARGE DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL FLAKES. EVEN SO...THE WEATHER OUTSIDE WILL NOT BE FRIENDLY FOR TRAVEL DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES... TEMPERATURES IN THE 15 TO 20 DEGREE RANGE AND WIND CHILLS NEAR ZERO. I BELIEVE WE WILL STILL SEE SIGNIFICANT STORM IMPACTS ACROSS ALL BUT I-94 AND SOUTH AREAS OF THE CWA INTO THURSDAY EVENING. NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 THE WEST WINDS WILL PRECLUDE MUCH LAKE EFFECT DUE TO SHORT OF RESIDENCE TIME OVER LAKE MICHIGAN FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW STRONG SURFACE CONVERGENCE FROM US-131 TO THE LAKE SHORE INTO SATURDAY AND THE 1000 TO 850 MB RH (WHICH IS IN THE DGZ) WILL BE OVER 90 PCT DURING THAT ENTIRE TIME. SO I SEE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL NOT CONTINUE. ALSO IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY TIME FRAME ANOTHER PUSH OF COLD AIR WITH AN DECENT SHORTWAVE ROTATES THOUGHT THE GREAT LAKES. THUS MORE CONVERGENCE AND LIFT FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. SO I INCREASED POP INTO THE WEEKEND. I LOWERED TEMPERATURES ACROSS THROUGH MOST TIME PERIODS AS THE MODEL TRENDS ARE FOR COLDER TEMPERATURES. THIS TREND IT TYPICAL WITH THE POLAR VORTEX FORECAST TO DROP AS FAR SOUTH AS IT IS FORECAST TO COME LATER THIS WEEK. && .AVIATION...(1252 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009) COMPLICATED SET OF FORECASTS FOR THE 18Z TERMINALS. WEAK SFC LOW AND FRONT JUST WEST OF THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DICTATE THE WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT. LAKE ENHANCEMENT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING AT KMKG BRINGING CONDITIONS DOWN TO LIFR AT TIMES. THIS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO BEFORE THE FLOW BECOMES MORE WRLY. AS THIS OCCURS...THE LIFR CONDITIONS WILL END AT KMKG...AND SOME IFR CONDITIONS WILL POTENTIALLY MOVE INTO KGRR FOR A BIT IN SNOW. ELSEWHERE...A MVFR DECK BETWEEN 1500-2500 FT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH SOME FLURRIES. THE FLOW WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME OFFSHORE AS THE FRONT MOVES OVER THE AREA AND WEAKENS. THIS IS EXPECTED TO SHUT OFF ANY PCPN BY 03-04Z. VSBYS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE...WITH LIMITED POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT ON THE CIGS. WITH THE FRONT WEAKENING OVERHEAD AND FLOW BECOMING NE...WE MAY NOT SEE THE VFR CONDITIONS COME IN WELL BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FCSTS HAVE BEEN TRENDED MORE PESSIMISTIC OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS THE MOISTURE MAY NOT GET SWEPT OUT. THIS IS STILL QUITE UNCERTAIN. IT APPEARS NOW THAT WE COULD START SEEING SOME SNOWFALL ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE INCOMING WINTER STORM AS EARLY AT 16-18Z TUE. MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT ONCE THE SNOW STARTS CONDITIONS WILL GO DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY. WE HAVE ADDED A IFR GROUP TO ALL TERMINALS FROM 16-17Z. && .MARINE...(410 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009) A GALE WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED AND REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH END GALES ARE ANTICIPATED IN THIS TIME FRAME. IN FACT I AM BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR STORM FORCE WINDS. && .HYDROLOGY...(410 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009) NO HYDRO ISSUES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRIMARILY SNOW IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS OUR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HSA TUESDAY NIGHT WITH MIXED RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN HSA. MIXED PCPN WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL QUICKLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS IT TURNS VERY WINDY AND SHARPLY COLDER ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE INTENSE LOW. PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES INTO THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WILL MITIGATE POTENTIAL FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT HYDRO ISSUES. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MUSKEGON AND OCEANA COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM FOR MUSKEGON AND OCEANA COUNTIES. WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWFA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CALHOUN AND JACKSON COUNTIES FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LM...GALE WATCH ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. && SYNOPSIS: OSTUNO/LAURENS SHORT TERM: OSTUNO/LAURENS LONG TERM: WDM AVIATION: NJJ MARINE: LAURENS HYDROLOGY: LAURENS
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 10:45 AM EST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1045 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-081115- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 1045 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NORTHERN MUSKEGON AND SOUTHERN OCEANA COUNTIES COULD SEE TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON NORTH OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO ALMA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE REST OF THE AREA MAY SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW OF FLURRIES AT TIMES THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN UNUSUALLY STRONG WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO HEAD FOR THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY AND DEPART THROUGH NORTHERN LAKE HURON EARLY THURSDAY. AS TYPICAL OF THESE TYPES OF STORMS...TRACK WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT AS TO WHERE THE RAIN TO SNOW LINE DEVELOPS. LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE STORMS TRACK MY WELL SEE NEAR A FOOT OF SNOW BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND MID MORNING THURSDAY. CLOSE TO THE STORM TRACK FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED. CURRENTLY WE EXPECT INTERSTATE 96 TO BE THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN ALL SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING. COLD FOLLOWING THE STORM WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. ONCE THE STORM HEADS NORTHEAST THROUGH LAKE HURON WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE STORM. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY WELL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY THURSDAY. WINDS COULD GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-081115- 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- 1045 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS NORTH OF MUSKEGON THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A VERY STRONG STORM HEADING FOR THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. WIND AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL WATER CRAFT FROM MID DAY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. WDM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 7, 10:17 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1017 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1016 AM SNOW 4 NW MONTAGUE 43.46N 86.42W
12/07/2009 M5.0 INCH MUSKEGON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
SNOWFALL FROM 7 AM TO 10 AM TODAY.
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MKALEMBKLocal storm report, Dec 7, 10:55 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1055 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1053 AM SNOW LUDINGTON 43.96N 86.45W
12/07/2009 M2.0 INCH MASON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOWFALL FROM 2 AM THROUGH 1030 AM EST.
&&
MKALEMBKLocal storm report, Dec 7, 10:59 AM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1059 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1057 AM SNOW 4 WNW HESPERIA 43.59N 86.11W
12/07/2009 M3.0 INCH OCEANA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
SNOWFALL FROM 5 AM TO 1045 AM EST.
&&
MKALEMBKLocal storm report, Dec 7, 11:06 AM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1106 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1106 AM SNOW 3 WSW HART 43.68N 86.42W
12/07/2009 M2.3 INCH OCEANA MI CO-OP OBSERVER
SNOWFALL FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM.
&&
MKALEMBKLocal storm report, Dec 7, 11:13 AM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1113 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1106 AM SNOW 4 NW MUSKEGON 43.26N 86.31W
12/07/2009 E1.0 INCH MUSKEGON MI PUBLIC
SNOWFALL FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM AT MUSKEGON STATE PARK.
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MKALEMBKLocal storm report, Dec 7, 2:28 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
228 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0227 PM SNOW 4 SSE STONY LAKE 43.50N 86.47W
12/07/2009 M6.0 INCH OCEANA MI COCORAHS
SNOWFALL FROM 4 AM THROUGH NOON.
&&
MKALEMBKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 9:43 PM EST | Gale Watch | GRR | 31 hr | |
| Dec 7, 4:00 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 15 more | 49 hr |
| Dec 7, 10:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GRR | Muskegon, Oceana | 5 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.