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Small Craft Advisory 37, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 28, 2011

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 28, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 28, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 29, 2011, 4:17 AM EDT
In force: 22 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 Apr 27, 11:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 11:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 4:15 PM EDT, 12 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
415 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-281045-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
415 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING MAINLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
AND SUNRISE WILL WORSEN NUISANCE FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS
THE AREA. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE COULD BE IMPACTED BY ROAD
CLOSURES AND FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. A FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH ALSO IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATE THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY WITH ELEVATED LEVELS ON THE MAIN STEM RIVERS...LIKE THE
GRAND...CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL REPORTS
ARE REQUESTED THURSDAY MORNING.

LMZ844>849-281045-
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-
415 PM EDT WED APR 27 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO
SMALLER CRAFT THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TJT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 9:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Osceola	5 days
Apr 27, 9:41 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Newaygo	3 hr
Apr 27, 9:41 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	62 hr
Apr 27, 9:41 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	71 hr
Apr 27, 9:41 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Kalamazoo	13 hr
Apr 28, 10:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Gratiot	26 hr
Apr 28, 10:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Kalamazoo	4 days
Apr 28, 11:06 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Ottawa	6 days
Apr 28, 11:06 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GRR	Clinton	5 days

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Michigan, 2011 Every small craft 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.