Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Mar 21, 2011, 4:49 PM EDT for 16 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr. 41 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
- Mar 21, 2011, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:30 PM EDT | SNOW 1 | Paris, MI | |
| Mar 22, 4:55 PM EDT | SNOW 0 | White Cloud, MI | MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS, GREATER THAN 20, ACROSS THE COUNTY. MOSTLY ROLLOVERS |
| Mar 22, 5:25 PM EDT | SNOW 2.5 | Remus, MI | HEAVY WET SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED TO 2.5 INCHES ON GRASSY AREA IN REMUS SINCE 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. |
| Mar 22, 6:04 PM EDT | SNOW 2 | 9 E White Cloud, MI | |
| Mar 22, 10:04 PM EDT | SNOW 2.3 | Mount Pleasant, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL SINCE THE START AT 4 PM EDT. |
| Mar 22, 10:05 PM EDT | SNOW 0.5 | Harrison, MI | COUNTY DISPATCH ESTIMATED ABOUT A HALF INCH IN HARRISON AND AROUND AN INCH NEAR CLARE. |
| Mar 22, 10:05 PM EDT | SNOW 3 | Paris, MI | THE ROAD COMMISSION ESTIMATED AROUND 3 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF MECOSTA COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS SLIDE OFFS REPORTED. |
| Mar 22, 10:10 PM EDT | SNOW 4.5 | Reed City, MI | COUNTY DISPATCH ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES AS FALLEN SO FAR TODAY AND IS ON THE GROUND NOW. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW ACCIDENTS BUT THE ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. |
| Mar 22, 10:15 PM EDT | SNOW 2 | Pentwater, MI | THERE IS 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND IN PENTWATER AND THAT 2 INCHES CONTINUES NORTH INTO MASON COUNTY. DRIVE JUST 2 MILES SOUTH OF PENTWATER AND THE GROUND IS JUST WET. NO SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED. THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS SO FAR THIS E |
| Mar 22, 10:20 PM EDT | SNOW 1.5 | White Cloud, MI | AN OFFICER AT THE STATE POLICE POST IN WHITE CLOUD ESTIMATE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND THERE. |
| Mar 23, 12:22 AM EDT | SNOW 2 | Sse Ferry, MI | |
| Mar 23, 12:30 AM EDT | SNOW 4.4 | Clare, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL SINCE 5 PM EDT 03/22/11. THE SNOW DEPTH WAS 5 INCHES. |
| Mar 23, 1:23 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Belding, MI | FREEZING RAIN WITH TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN. ICE THICKNESS UNKNOWN. |
| Mar 23, 1:23 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 E Stony Lake, MI | FREEZING RAIN COATING TREES...ROADS BECOMING SLICK |
| Mar 23, 2:29 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 3 S Sparta, MI | FREEZING RAIN COATING TREES. |
| Mar 23, 2:33 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | St. Johns, MI | FREEZING RAIN COATING TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Mar 23, 3:02 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Stanton, MI | SPORATIC POWER OUTAGES...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ROADS. |
| Mar 23, 3:09 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Fremont, MI | TREES AND POWER LINES COMING DOWN IN FREMONT AND NEWAYGO ACCORDING TO DISPATCH. |
| Mar 23, 3:11 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Elsie, MI | DISPATCH REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN IN ELSIE. |
| Mar 23, 3:17 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Rothbury, MI | LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE ROTHBURY AREA. |
| Mar 23, 5:40 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Sw Kentwood, MI | RAIN BEGAN FREEZING ON METAL AT 31 DEGREES. STREETS OK. |
| Mar 23, 6:03 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 E Lansing, MI | HEAVY FREEZING RAIN STARTED AT WLNS. |
| Mar 23, 6:12 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | White Cloud, MI | FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATION IS BRINGING TREES DOWN BY THE ROOTS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEWAYGO COUNTY. VERY LITTLE ICE IN SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY. |
| Mar 23, 6:27 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Greenville, MI | ONE QUARTER INCH ON TREES. |
| Mar 23, 6:34 AM EDT | SNOW 3 | 9 E White Cloud, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 620 AM. HEAVY SNOW FELL FROM 2PM TO 5 PM ON 3/22. |
| Mar 23, 6:40 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 6 E Hesperia, MI | MECOSTA COUNTY EM REPORTS TREES IN THE HESPERIA AREA HAVE COME DOWN CAUSING POWER OUTAGE SNCE AROUND 3 AM. |
| Mar 23, 6:40 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.7 | 6 E Mount Pleasant, MI | SNOWFALL FROM 330 PM 3/22 THROUGH 635 AM. |
| Mar 23, 7:29 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 1 | 6 E Hesperia, MI | MECOSTA EM IN NEWAYGO COUNTY REPORTS ONE SOLID INCH OF ICE ON BAC DECK. POWER STILL OUT AND HEARS MULTIPLE CRACKING AND POPPING OF THE TREES IN THE AREA. |
| Mar 23, 7:42 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 E Kentwood, MI | SIDEWALKS BECOMING ICE COVERED DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES. FREEZING RAIN COATING ALL METAL SURFACES. |
| Mar 23, 8:00 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 Ssw Ionia, MI | THE IONIA COOP REPORTED A 24 HOUR TOTAL OF .86 INCHES OF LIQUID WITH ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON THE GROUND AND ONE EIGTH ON THE TREES. |
| Mar 23, 8:19 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 1 Ene Comstock Park, MI | MEASURED ON THE OBSERVERS DECK ON ABRIGADOR TRAIL. |
| Mar 23, 8:21 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Big Rapids, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 7 AM. |
| Mar 23, 9:08 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Baldwin, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 9 AM. |
| Mar 23, 9:14 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 W Merrill, MI | A QUARTER INCH OF ICE OVER THE SNOW COVER. |
| Mar 23, 9:14 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 2 W Merrill, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 9 AM. |
| Mar 23, 9:45 AM EDT | SNOW 7 | Mount Pleasant, MI | |
| Mar 23, 9:47 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.4 | 1 Ne Mount Pleasant, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 945 AM. |
| Mar 23, 11:17 AM EDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | White Cloud, MI | |
| Mar 23, 11:17 AM EDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | White Cloud, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL REPORT THROUGH 11 AM. |
| Mar 23, 2:23 PM EDT | SNOW 12 | Dighton, MI | 5 INCHES IN TWO HOURS BETWEEN 1215 AND 215 PM. |
| Mar 23, 7:20 PM EDT | SNOW 6.9 | 6 E Mount Pleasant, MI | STORM TOTAL AS 7 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
894 WWUS43 KGRR 212049 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 449 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 MIZ039-040-046-220500- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0004.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 449 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED THE GREATEST... BUT THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON... AND IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. * GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ037-038-043>045-051-052-220500- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0004.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...GREENVILLE...ALMA 449 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WOULD BE IMPACTED THE GREATEST... BUT THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. * EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND FALL...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * OVER A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND/OR OVER A HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ057>059-066-067-220500- /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.A.0005.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING 449 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE IMPACTED * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY MAY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. * OVER A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND/OR OVER A HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE... BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME... THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MEADE
10 follow-up statements
067 WWUS43 KGRR 220227 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1027 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 MIZ039-040-046-221030- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 1027 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED THE GREATEST... BUT THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON... AND IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. * GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ037-038-043>045-051-052-221030- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...GREENVILLE...ALMA 1027 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING WOULD BE IMPACTED THE GREATEST... BUT THE TUESDAY EVENING COMMUTE MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. * EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND FALL...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * OVER A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND/OR OVER A HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ050-221030- /O.EXA.KGRR.WS.A.0005.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MUSKEGON 1027 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE IMPACTED * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY MAY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. * OVER A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND/OR OVER A HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE... BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME... THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MIZ057>059-066-067-221030- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0005.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... CHARLOTTE...LANSING 1027 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE IMPACTED * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY MAY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. * OVER A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND/OR OVER A HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE... BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME... THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ LAURENS MEADE
309 WWUS43 KGRR 220828 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 428 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 MIZ050-057>059-066-067-221630- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0005.110323T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2300Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 428 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * A THIRD TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ039-040-046-221630- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 428 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED THE GREATEST... BUT THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... AND IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ037-038-043>045-051-052-221630- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...GREENVILLE...ALMA 428 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED THE GREATEST... BUT THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. * EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND FALL... CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND/OR OVER A HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY FROM LATE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ056-065-073-074-221630- /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.A.0006.110322T2300Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 428 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WEDNESDAY COULD BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES... CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * OVER A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WEIGHTED DOWN BY THE ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE... BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME... THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. * CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ LAURENS MJS
341 WWUS43 KGRR 221539 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1139 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 MIZ039-040-046-222345- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 1139 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED THE GREATEST... BUT THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1130 AM... RADAR SHOWED PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING AND MOVING EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. * SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AND IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ050-057>059-066-067-222345- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2300Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 1139 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1130 AM... RADAR SHOWED RAIN DEVELOPING AND MOVING EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. SOME LIGHT SLEET WAS MIXED WITH THE RAIN. * WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. * A THIRD TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ037-038-043>045-051-052-222345- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2000Z-110323T1800Z/ MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...GREENVILLE...ALMA 1139 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW/ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED THE GREATEST... BUT THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED. * EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND FALL... CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1130 AM... RADAR SHOWED PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING AND MOVING EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. WIDESPREAD SLEET... SNOW AND RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... WITH ANY RAIN BECOMING FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. * UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY FROM LATE TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ056-065-073-074-222345- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0006.110322T2300Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 1139 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WEDNESDAY COULD BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES... CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1130 AM... RADAR SHOWED RAIN DEVELOPING AND MOVING EAST ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. RAIN MAY BECOME FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DIP TO... OR JUST BELOW... 32 DEGREES. * OVER A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WEIGHTED DOWN BY THE ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE... BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME... THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. * CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. && $$ MEADE
785 WWUS43 KGRR 222101 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 501 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 MIZ037>040-046-230515- /O.EXT.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 501 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMMUTE HOME THIS EVENING AND COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 5 PM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED WIDESPREAD SNOW NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN SOME AREAS. * SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 5 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE WEDNESDAY. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTH PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ043>045-051-052-230515- /O.EXT.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... GREENVILLE...ALMA 501 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMMUTE HOME TONIGHT AS WELL AS COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND FALL... CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 5 PM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED WIDESPREAD SNOW NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN SOME AREAS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS EVENING. * UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY BY LATE WEDNESDAY. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ050-057>059-066-067-230515- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.110322T2300Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 501 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS NEAR AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR FOR A SERIOUS ICE STORM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POTENTIALLY LASTING FOR DAYS. * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATING ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL CAUSE SOME TO BREAK AND FALL. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED AND SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 5 PM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A MIXTURE OF RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW OCCURING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR. THIS MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PREDOMINATELY FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS EVENING. * A THIRD TO HALF AN INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ056-065-073-074-230515- /O.UPG.KGRR.WS.A.0006.110322T2300Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.110323T0400Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 501 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE IMPACTED. * RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS LATE TONIGHT THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 5 PM... WIDESPREAD RAIN WAS FALLING. THE RAIN MAY BECOME FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DIP TO... OR JUST BELOW... 32 DEGREES. * ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF GLAZE FROM FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IN SPOTS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ICE ACCUMULATES ON OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEADE
977 WWUS43 KGRR 230256 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1056 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 MIZ037>040-046-231100- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 1056 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1035 PM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED WIDESPREAD SNOW FROM LUDINGTON EAST SOUTHEAST TO MOUNT PLEASANT WITH VISIBILITIES LIKELY DOWN TO A HALF A MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. * SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 10 INCHES BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTH PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ043>045-051-052-231100- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... GREENVILLE...ALMA 1056 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND FALL... CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1035 PM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED WIDESPREAD SNOW WITH POCKETS OF HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. * UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE AND HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ050-057>059-066-067-231100- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 1056 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS NEAR AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATING ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL CAUSE SOME TO BREAK AND FALL. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED AND SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1035 PM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A MIXTURE OF RAIN... SLEET... SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OCCURING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR. THIS MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PREDOMINATELY FREEZING RAIN VERY LATE TONIGHT. * A QUARTER TO NEARLY A HALF AN INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ056-065-073-074-231100- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.110323T0400Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 1056 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE IMPACTED. * RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY THEN OVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 1035 PM... WIDESPREAD RAIN WAS FALLING. THE RAIN MAY BECOME FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES DIP TO... OR JUST BELOW... 32 DEGREES. * ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF GLAZE FROM FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ICE ACCUMULATES ON OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAURENS
005 WWUS43 KGRR 230611 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 211 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 MIZ037>040-046-231415- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 211 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 200 AM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED SNOW FROM LUDINGTON EAST SOUTHEAST TO MOUNT PLEASANT WITH VISIBILITIES LIKELY DOWN TO A HALF A MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. ALREADY 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CLARE COUNTY. * SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 10 INCHES BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE NORTH PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ043>045-051-052-231415- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... GREENVILLE...ALMA 211 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND FALL... CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 200 AM... RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE PENTWATER AREA. FREEZING RAIN HAD ALREADY ACCUMULATED TO A QUARTER INCH AROUND STONY LAKE. AS THIS HEAVIER PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION THE ICE BUILDUP WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN. POWER OUTAGES COULD SOON DEVELOP. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE LIKELY DANGEROUSLY SLICK. * UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE AND HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ050-057>059-066-067-231415- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 211 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING INTO WEDNESDAY WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATING ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL CAUSE SOME TO BREAK AND FALL. ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED AND SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 200 AM... RADAR SHOWED ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING ACROSS THIS REGION. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE LOW 30S. REPORTS FROM BELDING INDICATED THAT TREE LIMBS WERE STARTING TO COME DOWN DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND GUSTY WINDS. FREEZING RAIN HAD COATED TREES JUST EAST OF CEDAR SPRINGS IN NORTHEAST KENT COUNTY. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME VERY SLICK. * A QUARTER TO NEARLY A HALF AN INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ056-065-073-074-231415- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 211 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. COMMUTES ON WEDNESDAY COULD BE IMPACTED. * RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY THEN OVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 200 AM... RAIN WAS REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION AS TEMPERATURES WERE FALLING INTO THE MID 30S. OBSERVATIONS FROM JACKSON SUGGEST THAT SLEET WAS OCCURRING. THE PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO BECOME HEAVIER AFTER 300 AM AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. AS A RESULT...THE SLEET COULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND FREEZING RAIN MAY START TO OCCUR AS TEMPERATURES FALL ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO. * ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF GLAZE FROM FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SLEET COULD ALSO ACCUMULATE. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ICE ACCUMULATES ON OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MJS
267 WWUS43 KGRR 230847 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 447 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 MIZ037>040-046-231700- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 447 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED TODAY. THE COMMUTES TODAY WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING THEM TO BREAK AND FALL. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE LIKELY TODAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 415 AM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED SNOW FROM BALDWIN EAST SOUTHEAST TO MOUNT PLEASANT WITH VISIBILITIES LIKELY DOWN TO A HALF A MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CLARE COUNTY. * SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH BACKING NORTHEAST. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 12 INCHES. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING MAY LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ043>045-051-052-231700- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... GREENVILLE...ALMA 447 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED TODAY. THE COMMUTES WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK AND FALL... CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE LIKELY TODAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 415 AM... RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED SNOW SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN FROM BIG RAPIDS OFF TO THE EAST. FREEZING RAIN HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED TO A QUARTER INCH AROUND STONY LAKE. THE ICE BUILDUP WILL CONTINUE TO THICKEN. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES. * UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY BY MIDDAY. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH BACKING NORTHEAST WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE AND HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ050-057>059-066-067-231700- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 447 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * THE POTENTIAL EXISTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING THIS MORNING WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE TODAY. * HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACCUMULATING ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL CAUSE SOME TO BREAK AND FALL. ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE... AND WILL BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY LATER TODAY DUE TO FALLING TEMPERATURES AND FREEZING RAIN THAT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. SOME SCHOOLS MAY BE CLOSED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 415 AM... RADAR SHOWED ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING ACROSS THIS REGION FROM MUSKEGON SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE MOVING EAST. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE LOWER 30S. REPORTS FROM BELDING INDICATED THAT TREE LIMBS WERE STARTING TO COME DOWN DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE AND GUSTY WINDS. FREEZING RAIN HAD COATED TREES JUST EAST OF CEDAR SPRINGS IN NORTHEAST KENT COUNTY. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME VERY SLICK. * A QUARTER TO NEARLY A HALF AN INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES THROUGH MID MORNING. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH BACKING NORTHEAST WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LIMBS WEIGHTED DOWN BY ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ056-065-073-074-231700- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON 447 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * ROADS MAY BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY THIS MORNING. COMMUTES TODAY COULD BE IMPACTED. * RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY THEN OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AT 415 AM... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION FROM GRAND HAVEN SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE MOVING EAST. TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE MID 30S. FREEZING RAIN MAY START TO OCCUR TOWARD DAYBREAK AS TEMPERATURES FALL ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO. * ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF GLAZE FROM FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SLEET COULD ALSO ACCUMULATE. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION RATES THROUGH MID MORNING. * EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH BACKING NORTHEAST MAY CONTRIBUTE TO KNOCKING DOWN A FEW TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ICE ACCUMULATES ON OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAURENS MJS
517 WWUS43 KGRR 231517 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1117 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 MIZ066-067-232330- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...LANSING 1117 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IMPACTS... * SOME ROADS WILL BE ICY THIS AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE IMPACTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT...THE EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE IMPACTED. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MIZ073-074-231630- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1117 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. IMPACTS... * TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING AND THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS OF ICING AND SNOW TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ037>040-046-232330- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 1117 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... SNOW...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED TODAY AND TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...SLEET AND PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 10 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ043>045-051-052-232330- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... GREENVILLE...ALMA 1117 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED TODAY AND TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...SLEET AND PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 5 TO 9 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND EXTRA BATTERIES IN CASE OF POWER OUTAGES. IF ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES ARE USED... MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED. && $$ MIZ050-057>059-232330- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 1117 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... SNOW...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME ICY BY THIS EVENING AND TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...SLEET AND PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BY THE EVENING COMMUTE. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ056-065-232330- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS 1117 AM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. IMPACTS... * SOME ROADS WILL BE ICY THIS AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE IMPACTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT...THE EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE IMPACTED. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OSTUNO
857 WWUS43 KGRR 232000 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 400 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 MIZ037>040-046-240000- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-ISABELLA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT 400 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 7 TO 12 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ043>045-051-052-240000- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS... GREENVILLE...ALMA 400 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED AND TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED. * HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 9 INCHES. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ050-057>059-240000- /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS 400 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME ICY BY THIS EVENING AND TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...SLEET AND PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING BY THE EVENING COMMUTE. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MIZ056-065>067-240000- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING 400 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. IMPACTS... * SOME ROADS WILL BE ICY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THE EVENING COMMUTE COULD BE IMPACTED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING AND LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. * ANY WATER ON THE ROADS WILL FREEZE BY THIS EVENING. * NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ OSTUNO
114 WWUS43 KGRR 240007 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 807 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-057>059-240115- /O.EXP.KGRR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS 807 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WAS REPORTED NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BIG RAPIDS TO ALMA. * SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURRED NEAR TO PARTICULARLY JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS UNDER AN INCH. * SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT THE WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ056-065>067-240115- /O.EXP.KGRR.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110324T0000Z/ OTTAWA-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING 807 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IMPACTS... * LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE PRODUCED A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS UNDER A HALF AN INCH. * SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT THE WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ LAURENS WDM
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 Mar 21, 4:00 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 4:00 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
400 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011
LATEST UPDATE...ALL SECTIONS BUT AVIATION...
.SYNOPSIS...(400 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011)
LOW PRESSURE TRACKING SOUTHEAST FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING
ACTIVE WEATHER TO THE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. A SIGNIFICANT
ICE STORM WITH HEAVY SLEET AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 96 CORRIDOR... AND ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-96
CORRIDOR FROM GRAND RAPIDS EAST. PRIMARILY SNOW IS EXPECTED AROUND
CLARE AND HARRISON AND NORTH FROM THERE.
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS SAME AREA ALREADY HAD AROUND AN
INCH OF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT... SO SOME FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT... CHANGING MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW. THE COLD
AIR WILL THEN STICK AROUND INTO NEXT WEEK.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(400 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011)
(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
WILL UPGRADE THE CURRENT WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WARNING (SAME TIME
FRAME) AND ISSUE A NEW WATCH A BIT FARTHER SOUTH FOR TUE NGT INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS WATCH IS TO COVER THE POTENTIAL OF SFC TEMPS DIPPING
BELOW FREEZING TUE NIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ENOUGH IN THE WARNING
AREA THAT HEAVIER PCPN RATES WILL CO-EXIST WITH THE COLD AIR... AND
PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY 18Z TUE WHICH IS NOW LESS THAN 24
HOURS OUT.
ACTIVE SPRING SYSTEM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WEATHER BEGINNING
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
THE MOST ACTIVE TIMEFRAME APPEARS TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT. VERY TIGHT
BAROCLINIC ZONE IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY FROM SRN MN TO NRN
INDIANA... WITH WARM/SPRINGLIKE AIR TO THE SOUTH AND CHILLY
WINTERLIKE AIR TO THE NORTH. A STRONG ANTICYCLONE IN THE HUDSON BAY
VICINITY WILL DRIVE SUB FREEZING SFC AIR DOWN FROM THE NORTHEAST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
LOW LEVEL JET AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING SOUTHEAST ALONG THE
BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL DRIVE A VERY MOIST AIR MASS WITH PWATS OVER ONE
INCH NWD...AND LIFT IT UP OVER THE FRONTAL ZONE. PROGGED MID LEVEL
FGEN IN THE WRNG AREA IS QUITE STRONG. HPC TOTAL QPF FOR TUE-WED IS
WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCHES.
ELEVATED INSTABILITY WELL NORTH OF THE SFC FRONT (BUT NEAR/NORTH OF
THE H8 FRONT) SHOULD RESULT IN A VERY CONVECTIVE NATURE TO THE
PRECIP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... WITH OCNL CLUSTERS OF HEAVIER
SHOWERS AND TSTMS TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION ATOP A SHALLOW SUB
FREEZING SFC LAYER. WARM WEDGE ALOFT PERSISTS TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. PER SOUNDINGS... PRIMARY PRECIP TYPES SHOULD BE
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF CLARE COUNTY REGION WHERE ALL SNOW EXPECTED. (GREATER
THAN 8 INCHES POSSIBLE).
DRY SLOT MAY SWEEP INTO AT LEAST THE SRN HALF OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY
WHICH WOULD CUT OFF THE CONVECTIVE THREAT AND PERHAPS DIMINISH
PRECIPITATION RATES/COVERAGE CONSIDERABLY. DEFORMATION TYPE PRECIP
SHOULD PERSIST IN THE NRN CWFA WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
AND SLEET POSSIBLE.
&&
.LONG TERM...(318 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011)
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
THERE ARE NOT MANY CONCERNS DURING THE LONG TERM. THE MID WEEK STORM
WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE CWA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COLDER AIR
WRAPPING IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SHOULD RESULT IN SOME LIGHT
SNOW. HIGH PRESSURE OVER HUDSON BAY WILL THEN ADVECT COOL DRY AIR
BACK INTO THE CWA FOR SEVERAL DAYS. A STORM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
IS PROGD BY BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE OH/TN
VALLEYS OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS TRACK SHOULD BE TOO FAR SOUTH TO SEE
ANY APPRECIABLE PCPN. HOWEVER...THE TRAILING UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE
ACROSS LATE SATURDAY. WE INCLUDED A SLGT CHC MENTION OF SNOW FOR
THIS FEATURE. SUNDAY/MONDAY LOOK DRY. TEMPS LOOK QUITE A BIT COLDER
THAN AVERAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD DUE TO THE HIGH TO THE NORTH.
&&
.AVIATION...(151 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011)
LATEST VIS LOOP SHOWS CLOUDS THINNING ACROSS SRN WISCONSIN AND
ILLINOIS. WE/RE STILL THINKING THAT THE CLEARING WILL WORK IT/S WAY
EAST...BUT WILL TAKE UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON FOR SKIES TO
CLEAR. MUCH OF THE EVENING WILL BE VFR. LOOK FOR IFR CIGS AND SOME
RAIN AND RAIN/SNOW TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AS A WARM FRONT MOVES
NORTH TOWARD LOWER MI.
&&
.MARINE...(400 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011)
IT APPEARS THAT THE NEXT PERIOD OF CONCERN FOR MARINE INTERESTS WILL
BE LATE TUE INTO WED AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES JUST SOUTH OF
THE REGION. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ALMOST CERTAIN WITH GALES NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION. WINDS WILL BE EAST 20-30 KNOTS... WITH OFFSHORE
WINDS KEEPING WAVE HEIGHTS DOWN CLOSER TO SHORE.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...(400 PM EDT MON MAR 21 2011)
AREAS ALONG/SOUTH OF I-96 HAD AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN AND ANOTHER ONE
TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE TUE AND TUE NIGHT. AREAL FLOODING WILL BE
A CONCERN AS WELL AS MORE RISES ON THE RIVERS. NORTH OF I-96 THE
PRECIP WILL BE MOSTLY FREEZING/FROZEN... WHICH SHOULD HOLD DOWN
HYDRO CONCERNS FOR NOW.
&&
.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 20Z TUE THROUGH 18Z WED FOR MOST OF
THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA (PREVIOUS WATCH).
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 00Z WED THROUGH 00Z THUR FOR KENT...
IONIA... CLINTON... EATON... INGHAM.
LM...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS: MEADE
SHORT TERM: MEADE
LONG TERM: 93
AVIATION: 93
MARINE: MEADE
HYDROLOGY: MEADEHazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 5:14 AM EDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 514 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-220915- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 514 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO HAVE SOME STANDING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR THE PERIOD FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAIN ACROSS THE AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND SOME SLEET ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A BALDWIN TO MT. PLEASANT LINE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. AREAS SOUTH OF THAT LINE TO JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 WILL SEE RAIN CHANGE OVER TO A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A HOLLAND TO JACKSON LINE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. LMZ844>849-220915- 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- 514 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT AT LEAST FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT SOUTH OF HOLLAND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. NJJ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 21, 10:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1050 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 AM HEAVY RAIN DORR 42.73N 85.72W
03/21/2011 M1.28 INCH ALLEGAN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR TOTAL
&&
MEADEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent, Ottawa | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 8:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 7 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ionia | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Van Buren | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kalamazoo | 39 min |
| Mar 21, 4:06 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:43 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 5 days |
| Mar 21, 10:45 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 22 days |
| Mar 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Kent, Muskegon | 12 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.