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Small Craft Advisory 15, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 20, 2011

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Feb 20, 2011, 10:28 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 20, 2011, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2011, 10:28 AM EST (15:28 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 22, 2011, 4:12 AM EST
In force
33 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 Feb 20, 6:18 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 6:18 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 5:36 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
536 AM EST SUN FEB 20 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-211045-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-
536 AM EST SUN FEB 20 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER STORM MAY BRING SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MIZ050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-211045-
MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-
EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
536 AM EST SUN FEB 20 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ICE
ACCUMULATION OF A HALF INCH OR MORE COMBINED WITH WINDS GUSTING 25
TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER STORM MAY BRING SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-211045-
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-
536 AM EST SUN FEB 20 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. HEAVY
ICING IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF MUSKEGON. WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 30 KNOTS
WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OSTUNO

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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.