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Small Craft Advisory 20, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 4, 2011

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Mar 4, 2011, 4:21 PM EST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2011, 4:21 PM EST (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2011, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 45 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 4, 3:45 PM EST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 3:45 PM EST, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 3:30 PM EST, 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
330 PM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-051045-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
330 PM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION INTO SNOW BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND
DAYBREAK MAINLY NORTH OF A OCEANA TO ISABELLA LINE.  ICY TRAVEL
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED OF SECONDARY
ROADS.

RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT FURTHER SOUTH.   OVER AN INCH OF
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.  ALSO SNOWMELT WILL ADD TO THE RUNOFF
INCREASING THE RISK FOR FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN
FROM TONIGHT INTO MID MORNING SATURDAY. SOME CREEKS MAY GO
OUT OF THEIR BANKS... SOME ROADS MAY HAVE WATER OVER THEM... SOME
FARM FIELDS MY HAVE FLOODING.  RIVER FLOODING COULD RESULT.

ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER SIMILAR STORM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF HEAVY
RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS...SOME FLOOD POTENTIAL. IT WOULD NOT BE
OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL FOLLOW THE STORM THURSDAY WITH SOME
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-051045-
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-
345 PM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL WATER CRAFT SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 4, 10:45 AM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1045 AM EST FRI MAR 04 2011

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

1041 AM     FREEZING RAIN    3 NE MONTAGUE           43.45N 86.32W
03/04/2011  E0.10 INCH       MUSKEGON           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Mar 4, 1:10 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 4, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 51 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 4, 4:22 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GRR	Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 11 more	29 hr
Mar 4, 8:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 5 more	2 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Jackson	12 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Eaton	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	28 days
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	12 days
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Barry	36 hr
Mar 4, 10:48 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	23 hr
Mar 4, 2:06 PM EST	Flood Watch	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 9 more	13 hr

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Sources

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