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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this lake effect snow advisory at Jan 21, 2011, 3:19 PM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 22, 2011, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2011, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2011, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2011, 3:54 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake effect snow 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 lake effect snow advisory went out at Jan 21, 12:46 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 12:46 PM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1140 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-220930- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 1140 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS ONE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT DIMINISHES THE NEXT ONE IS ON THE WAY FOR LATE TONIGHT. DRY AIR FROM WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISHED THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT SNOW SHOWERS THERE ARE WILL CONTINUE TO STAY WEST OF ROUTE 131. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT A SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW LAKE EFFECT EVENT WILL BEGIN BRINGING MORE SNOW TO THE LAKE SHORE AREA NORTH OF HOLLAND AND AS FAR INLAND AS ROUTE 131 FROM NEWYAGO COUNTY NORTH. EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES BY MORNING IN THOSE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORE ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WEST OF HIGHWAY 131. UP TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKESHORE NORTH OF HOLLAND INCLUDING MUSKEGON AND LUDINGTON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. USE OUR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORT FORM AT: WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRR/SPOTTER. LMZ844>849-220930- 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- 1140 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS 30 KNOTS AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL BE A HAZARD TO MARINERS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING SPRAY THREAT...WILL GRADUALLY THIS EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MEADE WDM
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 10:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 11 hr |
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Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Michigan, 2011Every lake effect snow advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.