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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

June 21, 2011Newaygo County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2011, 5:39 AM EDT for Newaygo County, Michigan. It was in force for 81 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2011, 5:39 AM EDT (09:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 81 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Newaygo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 21, 4:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 4:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 5:10 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:39 AM EDT, 0 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
Jun 21, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ottawa	40 min
Jun 21, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Ottawa	59 min
Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Muskegon, Ottawa	18 hr
Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa	61 min
Jun 21, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		2 hr
Jun 21, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana	64 min
Jun 21, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Kent, Ottawa	61 min
Jun 21, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Van Buren	43 min
Jun 21, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Van Buren	6 hr
Jun 21, 6:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Ottawa	17 hr
Jun 21, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent, Ottawa	50 min
Jun 21, 6:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Allegan	34 min
Jun 21, 6:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Kent	17 hr
Jun 21, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	83 min
Jun 21, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Newaygo, Oceana	17 hr
Jun 21, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Newaygo	76 min
Jun 21, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan	46 min
Jun 21, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent, Ottawa	45 min
Jun 21, 7:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Kent	3 hr
Jun 21, 7:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Calhoun	4 hr
Jun 21, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ionia, Montcalm	65 min
Jun 21, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot, Isabella, Montcalm	91 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.