Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Feb 1, 2011, 3:39 AM EST for 9 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2011, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 8:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 7:19 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Clare County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:22 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Muskegon, MI | REPORT RELAYED BY WZZM 13. |
| Feb 2, 1:37 AM EST | SNOW 7.5 | Norton Shores, MI | REPORT RELAYED BY WZZM TV. |
| Feb 2, 2:30 AM EST | SNOW 13.5 | Muskegon, MI | STORM TOTAL SINCE TUESDAY EVENING. REPORT RELAYED BY WZZM TV. |
| Feb 2, 3:03 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Norton Shores, MI | ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE TUESDAY EVENING. REPORT RELAYED BY WZZM TV. |
| Feb 2, 3:20 AM EST | SNOW 14 | Muskegon, MI | RELAYED BY WOOD TV 8. |
| Feb 2, 3:53 AM EST | SNOW 11 | Muskegon, MI | DRIFTING SNOW UP TO 3 FEET. |
| Feb 2, 4:19 AM EST | SNOW 14 | 3 Wsw Hart, MI | SNOW BEGAN AROUND 9 PM. |
| Feb 2, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Baldwin, MI | REPORT FROM LAKE COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH. |
| Feb 2, 6:25 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Paris, MI | 3-4 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS WERE REPORTED. REPORT RELAYED BY WPBN TV. |
| Feb 2, 6:25 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Scottville, MI | STORM TOTAL SINCE TUESDAY EVENING. REPORT RELAYED BY WPBN TV. |
| Feb 2, 6:57 AM EST | SNOW 11 | Croton, MI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. COURTESY OF WOODTV. |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 8.4 | 4 Nne Walkerville, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 7 AM. SNOW DEPTH WAS 21.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 11 | 3 Ese Wolf Lake, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 7 AM. SNOW DEPTH WAS 26.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 14 | 3 Wsw Hart, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 7 AM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
952 WWUS43 KGRR 010839 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 339 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 MIZ064>067-071>074-011645- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0001.110201T2200Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.110201T2200Z-110203T0000Z/ ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 339 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-011645- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.110201T2200Z-110203T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 339 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-011645- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0001.110202T0400Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 339 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY EVENING TO WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MIZ050-011645- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MUSKEGON 339 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED...AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY EVENING TO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL BE FOUND SOUTH. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NJJ/OSTUNO
10 follow-up statements
829 WWUS43 KGRR 011452 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 952 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071>074-012300- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.110201T2200Z-110203T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 952 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 945 AM HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS MISSOURI AND WAS MOVING INTO ILLINOIS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG INTERSTATE 94 AROUND 5 PM...AND PROGRESS NORTH TO INTERSTATE 96 BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * BY AROUND 10 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH . THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-012300- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 952 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 945 AM HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS MISSOURI AND WAS MOVING INTO ILLINOIS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG INTERSTATE 96 BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM AND REACH HIGHWAY 10 AROUND 10 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * BY AROUND 10 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
637 WWUS43 KGRR 011644 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1144 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071>074-020045- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.110201T2200Z-110203T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 1144 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1145 AM HEAVY SNOW WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG INTERSTATE 94 BY 5 PM...AND PROGRESS NORTH TO INTERSTATE 96 AROUND 7 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY EVENING. * BY AROUND 8 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH . THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050-020045- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON 1144 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 1145 AM HEAVY SNOW WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG INTERSTATE 96 AROUND 7 PM AND REACH HIGHWAY 10 BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * BY AROUND 10 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
547 WWUS43 KGRR 012055 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 355 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 MIZ037-043-050-020500- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON 355 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 400 PM HEAVY SNOW WAS CROSSING THE MICHIGAN AND INDIANA BORDER. STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WARNING AREA AROUND 8 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * BY AROUND 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071>074-020500- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.110201T2200Z-110203T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 355 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 400 PM HEAVY SNOW WAS CROSSING THE MICHIGAN AND INDIANA BORDER. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * BY AROUND 8 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH . THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ038>040-044>046-020500- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 355 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 400 PM HEAVY SNOW WAS CROSSING THE MICHIGAN AND INDIANA BORDER. STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WARNING AREA AROUND 8 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * BY AROUND 10 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
210 WWUS43 KGRR 012330 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 630 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 MIZ051-052-056>059-064>067-071>074-020730- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 630 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 630 PM HEAVY SNOW WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. VISIBILITIES HAVE ALREADY LOWER TO A HALF MILE OR LESS IN THIS HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. THE SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNING AREA BY 8 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * BY AROUND 8 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH . THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ037-043-050-020730- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON 630 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 630 PM HEAVY SNOW WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. VISIBILITIES HAVE ALREADY LOWER TO A HALF MILE OR LESS IN THIS HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. THE SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNING AREA BY 9 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * BY AROUND 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ038>040-044>046-020730- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.110202T0100Z-110203T0000Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 630 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS EVENT CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED... AS WELL AS FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS OF 630 PM HEAVY SNOW WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. VISIBILITIES HAVE ALREADY LOWER TO A HALF MILE OR LESS IN THIS HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. THE SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNING AREA BY 10 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * BY AROUND 10 PM NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH TUESDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED... PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JK
724 WWUS43 KGRR 020158 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 858 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 MIZ037-043-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-021000- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 858 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE OCCURRING ALREADY FOR WEDNESDAY. FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY OCCURRING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA AS OF 845 PM THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS OCCURRING ALONG I-94 AND ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS WILL MOVE IN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-96. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * NORTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING...AND PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ038>040-044>046-021000- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 858 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE BEING IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE OCCURRING ALREADY FOR WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BE MOVING IN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTH. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * NORTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NJJ
992 WWUS43 KGRR 020205 CCA WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 900 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 MIZ037-043-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-021015- /O.COR.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 900 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE OCCURRING ALREADY FOR WEDNESDAY. FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY OCCURRING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF I-96 AS OF 845 PM THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS OCCURRING ALONG I-94 AND ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS WILL MOVE IN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-96. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR MOST AREAS. OCEANA AND MASON COUNTIES CAN EXPECTED TO SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS. * NORTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH SOUTH OF MUSKEGON TO ALMA LINE. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT TOWARD PENTWATER AND LUDINGTON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING...AND PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ038>040-044>046-021015- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 900 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE BEING IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE OCCURRING ALREADY FOR WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BE MOVING IN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTH. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * NORTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NJJ
319 WWUS43 KGRR 020424 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1124 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 MIZ037-043-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-021230- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1124 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * HUNDREDS OF CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED ALREADY FOR WEDNESDAY. FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS ARE ALSO OCCURRING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF I-96 AS OF 1115 PM THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS NOW MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL BETWEEN NOW AND DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME WITH SOME EVEN HEAVIER SNOW RATES POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-96. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR MOST AREAS. OCEANA AND MASON COUNTIES CAN EXPECTED TO SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS. * NORTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH SOUTH OF A MUSKEGON TO ALMA LINE. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT TOWARD PENTWATER AND LUDINGTON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING...AND PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ038>040-044>046-021230- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 1124 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE BEING IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED ALREADY FOR WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * THE HEAVIER SNOW IS BEGINNING TO MOVE IN ACROSS THE AREA AS OF 1115 PM. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY. ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER RATES POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * NORTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NJJ
528 WWUS43 KGRR 020813 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 313 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 MIZ037-043-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-021615- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 313 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE BEING SEVERELY IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY TODAY AS SNOW DIMINISHES. * SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * HUNDREDS OF CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED FOR TODAY. FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS ARE ALSO OCCURRING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW INTENSITY IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DIMINISHING AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS WEAKENING AND MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. * SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME LOCAL BURSTS OF SNOW WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCEANA AND MASON COUNTIES CAN EXPECT TO SEE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS. * NORTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH SOUTH OF A MUSKEGON TO ALMA LINE. HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE OCCURRING NEAR ALMA DOWNWIND OF LAKE HURON/SAGINAW BAY. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TOWARD PENTWATER AND LUDINGTON WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS OCCURRING...AND PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ038>040-044>046-021615- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 313 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE BEING IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED ALREADY FOR TODAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW INTENSITY IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DIMINISHING AS THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS WEAKENING AND MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. * SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME LOCAL BURSTS OF SNOW WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. DECREASING SNOW TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH. * NORTHEAST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...AND WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NJJ
004 WWUS43 KGRR 021110 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 610 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 MIZ037-043-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-021915- /O.CON.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 610 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TODAY. AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE WILL BE BE IMPACTED BY SNOW TODAY. SIDE ROADS AND RURAL ROADS WILL BE SNOW CLOGGED AND MANY WILL BE IMPASSABLE UNTIL THE PLOWS CAN GET TO THEM. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED ALREADY FOR TODAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW INTENSITY IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DIMINISHING BUT A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM ENDS LATER TODAY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES AND HIGH WINDS HAVE CAUSED SEVERE DRIFTING WITH SOME SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 5 FEET DEEP. * NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MIZ038>040-044>046-021915- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 610 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE ROADS HAZARDOUS TODAY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE WILL IMPACTED BY SNOW TODAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SNOW CLOGGED ROADS. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SNOW ENDS AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED TODAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW INTENSITY IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DIMINISHING BUT A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM ENDS LATER TODAY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL COMBINE WITH THE HIGH WINDS TO PRODUCE SNOW DRIFTS TO 4 FEET. SOME OF THESE DRIFTS WILL COVER ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. * NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ OSTUNO
381 WWUS43 KGRR 021219 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 719 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 MIZ037-043-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-021700- /O.CAN.KGRR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0009.110202T1219Z-110202T1700Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 719 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TRAVEL AND COMMERCE WILL BE BE IMPACTED BY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING. SIDE ROADS AND RURAL ROADS WILL BE SNOW CLOGGED AND MANY WILL BE IMPASSABLE UNTIL THE PLOWS CAN GET TO THEM. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE CLEARING OF ROADS DIFFICULT TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND WINDS DIE DOWN. * NUMEROUS CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING SCHOOL CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED ALREADY FOR TODAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW INTENSITY IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DIMINISHING BUT A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM ENDS LATER TODAY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES AND HIGH WINDS HAVE CAUSED SEVERE DRIFTING WITH SOME SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 5 FEET DEEP. * NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MIZ038>040-044>046-021700- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0009.110202T1219Z-110202T1700Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT 719 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW INTENSITY IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DIMINISHING BUT A COUPLE MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM ENDS LATER TODAY. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES AND HIGH WINDS HAVE CAUSED SEVERE DRIFTING WITH SOME SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 5 FEET DEEP. * NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ OSTUNO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 1, 12:05 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 12:05 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1205 AM EST TUE FEB 01 2011
LATEST UPDATE...AVIATION...
.SYNOPSIS...(335 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011)
A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER TEN INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN...WITH OVER SIX INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER
MICHIGAN.
&&
.STORM TERM (335 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011)
(TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE WITH THE STORM PORTION OF THE FORECAST AS
MODEL TRENDS HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH. THE WATCH TIMING HAS BEEN
ADJUSTED...MAINLY DELAYING THE START OF THE PCPN UNTIL LATE
AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTH AND CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN
CWA.
MAIN CHANGE TO THE THINKING COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE
LAST FEW DAYS IS THAT THE UPPER LOW MAY BEGIN TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS
IT APPROACHES AN UPPER TROUGH SITTING OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT
LAKES. THIS TROUGH MAY ACT TO TRANSITION THE UPPER LOW TO AN OPEN
WAVE...SHEARING THE STORM. THIS WOULD MOSTLY ACT TO LOWER THE
NORTHERN CWA SNOW ACCUMS. NOT COMPLETELY BUYING INTO THIS SOLUTION
AS WE STILL HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN THE MERGING OF THE NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN STREAMS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY. ONCE THIS OCCURS
THE FORECAST SHOULD BECOME MUCH CLEARER. THIS IS MOST LIKELY WHEN
WARNING DECISIONS WILL BE MADE.
DOUBLE DIGITS SNOW ACCUMS STILL LOOK PLAUSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE CWA AS THIS AREA WILL BE UNDER THE PIVOT OF THE
ISENTROPIC SNOWS EARLY...FOLLOWED BY THE DEFORMATION ZONE SNOWS. A
LONG DURATION OF STEADY SNOW SHOULD OCCUR HERE...WHERE ONE TO TWO
INCH PER HOUR RATES MAY OCCUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE TIME FRAME FOR
THIS HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 04Z TO 13Z WED.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE...THE NORTHERN CWA MAY SEE LESS SNOW. A SHARP
GRADIENT IN THE SNOW ACCUMS COULD BE SEEN HERE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
ITS TOO EARLY TO TRY TO PIN THIS DOWN...SO HAVE MAINTAINED THE WATCH
ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTHERN CWA WHERE SIX INCHES OR MORE COULD
OCCUR. A LOOK AT THE NEW EURO MODEL LINGERS THE DEFORMATION ZONE
OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE CWA EARLY WEDNESDAY...SO FINE TUNING WILL
STILL BE NEEDED WITH UP COMING FORECAST PACKAGES.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE COMING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AND LOOKS TO BE THE STRONGEST ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN CWA. WITH THE DYNAMICS OF THE SYSTEM SOME OF THIS WIND
COULD MIX DOWN. GUSTS TO 35 MPH...THE BLIZZARD CRITERIA...MAY BE
REACHED BUT ITS UNCERTAIN STILL HOW WIDESPREAD AND LENGTHY THIS MAY
OCCUR. SO AT THIS POINT WILL STILL MENTION NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AND FINE TUNE THIS AS THE EVENT APPROACHES.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(335 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011)
(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING)
RGNL RADAR TRENDS SHOW SNOW DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MI AND OFF
TO THE WEST ACROSS MUCH OF WI AND INTO NW IL/SE IA. RADAR TRENDS AND
A CONSENSUS OF LATEST SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE/SREF POPS INDICATE LIGHT
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD OUR AREA LATE THIS AFTN AND OVERNIGHT
FROM WEST TO EAST AS A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE FROM
WSW TO ENE ACROSS OUR AREA.
MAINTAINED LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS FOR NEARLY ALL OF OUR CWFA
OVERNIGHT AND RAISED POPS FROM CHC TO LIKELY FOR MOST OF OUR AREA
TUESDAY MORNING SINCE LIGHT SNOW SHOULD LINGER THRU MIDDAY. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY OF AROUND AN INCH
OR TWO ARE ANTICIPATED FOR MOST OF OUR AREA... WITH A COUPLE OF
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.
&&
.LONG TERM ...(335 PM EST SUN JAN 30 2011)
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
FAIRLY TRANQUIL WX WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS IS ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A SFC RIDGE IN PLACE TO OUR SOUTH LATE
THIS WEEK. TEMPS WILL MODERATE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY AS WE GET INTO SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH A SFC RIDGE OVER THE
EAST COAST AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST. THIS SYSTEM COULD BRING A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW LATE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY. OVERALL THOUGH IT WILL BE A FAIRLY QUIET WX PATTERN FOR
OUR AREA LATE THIS WEEK THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(1205 AM EST TUE FEB 01 2011)
SNOW SEEMS SLOW TO START DUE TO MID LEVEL DRY AIR BUT THAT IS
ERODING AND BEH AT 05Z WAS 1/2SM SN. THIS SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE
ENTIRE CWA BY 08Z. IFR VSBY SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD BY 09Z. THE
SHORTWAVE PRODUCING THE SNOW WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA BY 12Z SO THE
SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END BY 15Z. MVFR CIGS WILL FOLLOW UNTIL THE
SNOW FROM THE MAIN STORM MOVES IN AROUND 03Z. AT THAT POINT IFR
CIGS/VSBY AREA EXPECTED.
MARINE...(335 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011)
GALE WATCH WILL BE MAINTAINED. EXPECTING GALES WILL BE REACHED
EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. UPGRADING TO A WARNING APPEARS LIKELY WITH
THE NEXT FORECAST PACKAGE.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...(335 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011)
COLD AIR THAT REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA CONTINUES TO KEEP A
GOOD DEAL OF ICE ON AREA RIVERS. SO FAR...INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE
ARE NO PROBLEMS AROUND THE CWFA. CERTAIN FAVORED AREAS WHERE ICE
JAMS USUALLY FORM LIKE ROGERS HEIGHTS IN MECOSTA COUNTY ARE BEING
MONITORED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. WITH NO WARM UP IN SIGHT...ICE WILL
CONTINUE TO FORM AND ICE JAM POTENTIAL WILL BE MONITORED.
&&
.CLIMATE...(335 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011)
HERE ARE SOME 24 HOUR ALL TIME SNOWFALL RECORDS (MIDNIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT) TO SEE HOW THIS POTENTIAL 16" SNOWSTORM STACKS UP
COSMOLOGICALLY/HISTORICALLY. SINCE THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
SPAN ACROSS MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR THIS
STORM ARE LESS LIKELY.
GRR...16.1" ON 1/26/1978
LAN...15.4" ON 1/26/1967
MKG...22.0" ON 1/10/1982
AZO...18.0" ON 1/26/1978
BTL...21.1" ON 1/26/1967
&&
.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...WINTER STORM WATCH SOUTHERN TWO ROWS OF COUNTIES 5 PM TUESDAY
THROUGH WED EVENING.
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MIDDLE TWO ROWS OF COUNTIES 8 PM TUESDAY
THROUGH WED EVENING.
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN TWO ROWS OF COUNTIES 11 PM
TUESDAY THROUGH WED EVENING.
LM...GALE WATCH TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ENTIRE
NEARSHORE.
&&
SYNOPSIS: JK
STORM TERM: JK
SHORT TERM: LAURENS
LONG TERM: LAURENS
AVIATION: JK
MARINE: JK
HYDROLOGY: JK
CLIMATE: HOVING/MEADE/JKHazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 6:22 AM EST, 21 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 622 AM EST MON JAN 31 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-011130- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 622 AM EST MON JAN 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. THE HEAVIER TOTALS OF NEARLY THREE INCHES SHOULD BE FOUND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MOST OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL BRING BOTH HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF AROUND ONE FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MUSKEGON TO ALMA LINE. 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THAT LINE. STIFF NORTHERLY WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY OF 20-30 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUTS AT TIMES WILL CREATE BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE ZEROED IN ON OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE REFINED. STAY TUNED TO LATER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-011130- 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- 622 AM EST MON JAN 31 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE OUT ON LAKE MICHIGAN TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS A WINTER STORM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. NORTHERLY GALES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH BUILDING WAVES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DUKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 10:38 PM EST | Gale Warning | GRR | 46 hr | |
| Jan 31, 10:38 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | GRR | 46 hr | |
| Feb 1, 3:39 AM EST | Blizzard Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 11 more | 28 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.