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Small Craft Advisory 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 13, 2010

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Mar 13, 2010, 4:02 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 13, 2010, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2010, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2010, 11:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 14, 2010, 4:08 AM EDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Mar 13, 3:47 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:47 AM EST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 2:10 PM EST, 13 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
210 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-131100-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
210 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SOME MINOR AREAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT
PARTICULARLY NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL
THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES PONDING OF WATER IN LOWLAND AREAS AND
NEAR SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME THIS WATER COULD CAUSE
INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS ROAD CLOSURES AND BASEMENT FLOODING.

LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED SO THE LOWLAND AREAL FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RECEDE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK ON THE LARGER
RIVERS SUCH AS THE GRAND AND THE MUSKEGON AS THE CRESTS FLOW
DOWNSTREAM. SOME LOWLAND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT OCCURS OVER THE WEEKEND IS EXPECTED TO
BE LIGHT AND HAVE LITTLE OR NO IMPACT ON FORECASTED RIVER LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-131100-
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-
210 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

EAST WINDS MAY INCREASE TONIGHT TO SPEEDS HIGH ENOUGH TO CREATE A
HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MJS/MEADE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 12:41 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 10:12 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	6 days
Mar 12, 10:12 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Osceola	71 hr
Mar 12, 10:55 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	24 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.