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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 21, 20116 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm watch at Mar 21, 2011, 4:49 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2011, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2011, 4:28 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Kent County, MI, Muskegon County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Mar 21, 4:00 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 4:00 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous 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
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKent, Ottawa48 min
Mar 20, 8:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 7 more14 hr
Mar 20, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Van Buren45 min
Mar 20, 9:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRIonia44 min
Mar 20, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRVan Buren45 min
Mar 20, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKalamazoo39 min
Mar 21, 4:06 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchGRRClare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 4 more13 hr
Mar 21, 8:43 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton5 days
Mar 21, 10:45 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton22 days
Mar 21, 4:49 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningGRRClare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia and 10 more51 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Michigan, 2011Every winter storm watch in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.