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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 18, 2011Clare County, Isabella County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2011, 1:51 AM EDT for Clare County, Isabella County, Michigan. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2011, 1:51 AM EDT (05:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2011, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Clare County, MI, Isabella County, MI

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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 Jul 18, 1:27 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:27 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 1:47 PM EDT, 12 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
147 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-180900-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
147 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN. THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES UPSTREAM OF LOWER MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST WITH TIME. THE STORMS WILL TRY TO CROSS LAKE MICHIGAN
OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LEVELS WITH
TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS...
ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE
UPCOMING WORK WEEK. HIGHS WILL LIKELY PUSH INTO THE 90S EACH DAY
AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. MONDAY AND TUESDAY MAY BE AFFECTED BY
PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH WHICH MAY ALLEVIATE THE HEAT DURING
THE AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY CREST THE 100 DEGREE MARK THIS
WEEK...ESPECIALLY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL OSCILLATE THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY AND
TUESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE STORMS
MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DEPENDING ON
THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION AFFECTING THE AREA DURING THE
MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS EARLY THIS WEEK WILL LIKELY BE
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS. A FLASH FLOOD THREAT EXISTS GIVEN A VERY
HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM EARLY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY
EVENING.

LMZ844>849-180900-
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-
147 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS THE THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. THE
STRONGEST OF STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS THE AREA.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED OUT ON LAKE MICHIGAN FOR MUCH OF
THE UPCOMING WEEK AS A VERY MOIST AIR MASS MOVES OUT OVER THE
RELATIVELY COOLER WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM EARLY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY
EVENING.

WDM/DUKE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:57 AM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:26 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:33 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:44 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:51 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
Jul 17, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		115 min
Jul 18, 12:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mason, Oceana	67 min
Jul 18, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake, Mecosta, Muskegon, Newaygo, Osceola, Ottawa	2 hr
Jul 18, 1:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		117 min
Jul 18, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm	114 min
Jul 18, 2:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		69 min
Jul 18, 3:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Kent, Ottawa	2 hr
Jul 18, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan	65 min
Jul 18, 10:59 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 5 more	9 hr
Jul 18, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake, Mecosta, Newaygo	79 min
Jul 18, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Montcalm	31 min
Jul 18, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clare, Isabella, Mecosta, Osceola	53 min
Jul 18, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ingham, Jackson	66 min
Jul 18, 4:07 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more	12 hr
Jul 18, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ingham	59 min
Jul 18, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clinton, Ingham	67 min

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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.