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Heavy Freezing Spray Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 31, 2011

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this heavy freezing spray warning at Jan 31, 2011, 10:38 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 31 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
Jan 31, 2011, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2011, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 2, 2011, 8:24 PM EST
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heavy freezing spray 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 heavy freezing spray warning went out at Jan 31, 7:15 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 7:15 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 6:22 AM EST, 16 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
622 AM EST MON JAN 31 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-011130-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
622 AM EST MON JAN 31 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES.
THE HEAVIER TOTALS OF NEARLY THREE INCHES SHOULD BE FOUND NEAR THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MOST OF SOUTHWEST
LOWER MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL BRING
BOTH HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF AROUND ONE FOOT ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MUSKEGON TO ALMA LINE. 6 TO 12
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THAT LINE.

STIFF NORTHERLY WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY OF 20-30 MPH
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUTS AT TIMES WILL
CREATE BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE ZEROED IN ON OVER THE NEXT DAY OR
SO AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE REFINED. STAY TUNED TO LATER
FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-011130-
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-
622 AM EST MON JAN 31 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OUT ON LAKE MICHIGAN TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY AS A WINTER STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. NORTHERLY GALES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH BUILDING WAVES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

DUKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 10:38 PM ESTGale WarningGRR46 hr
Feb 1, 3:39 AM ESTBlizzard WarningGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 11 more28 hr
Feb 1, 3:39 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningGRRClare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Muskegon and 3 more28 hr

Nearby

Heavy Freezing Spray Warnings in Michigan, 2011Every heavy freezing spray warning in 2011

Sources

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