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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2011, 3:04 AM EDT for Clinton County, Michigan. It was in force for 56 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
- Aug 9, 2011, 3:04 AM EDT (07:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
County Clinton County, MI
The radar
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The text
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</html>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 Aug 8, 11:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 11:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:04 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 9, 12:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent, Montcalm | 10 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 84 min |
| Aug 9, 4:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 45 hr | |
| Aug 9, 5:10 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Lake, Mason, Osceola | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Lake, Mecosta, Newaygo, Osceola | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Mecosta | 95 min |
| Aug 9, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kalamazoo | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Jackson | 32 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Michigan, 2011Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.