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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 13, 2011Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this areal flood warning at Aug 13, 2011, 10:07 PM EDT for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2011, 10:07 PM EDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2011, 10:36 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Newaygo County, MI

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 13, 7:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 1:35 PM EDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
135 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-141000-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
135 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 775 WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING
NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 UNTIL 8 PM
THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE AND OTHERWISE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE SAME AREA OF MORE THAN AN HOUR. IN THOSE CASES URBAN AND
SMALL STREAMS FLOODING SHOULD BE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

LMZ844>849-141000-
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-
135 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AS
WINDS BECOME ONSHORE.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF GRAND HAVEN
UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. EXPECT INCREASED WIND AND WAVES IN AN NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE STORMS SOUTH OF
GRAND HAVEN. AREAS NORTH OF GRAND HAVE SHOULD EXPECT STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AS WINDS PICK UP BEHIND A
COLD FRONT. WIND AND WAVES COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT
SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

OSTUNO WDM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
529 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0522 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ATHENS                  42.09N 85.24W
08/13/2011                   CALHOUN            MI   911 CALL CENTER

            MULTIPLE TREES BLOCKING M66.

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
617 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0613 PM     HAIL             JACKSON                 42.25N 84.41W
08/13/2011  E0.25 INCH       JACKSON            MI   PUBLIC

            NEAR WEST AND GANSON.

0614 PM     HAIL             1 S JACKSON             42.23N 84.41W
08/13/2011  M0.25 INCH       JACKSON            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0610 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BLOOMINGDALE            42.38N 85.96W
08/13/2011  M2.68 INCH       VAN BUREN          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            2.68 IS TODAYS TOTAL SINCE 930 THIS MORNING.

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GWETZEL
Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Sources

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