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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

November 29, 20119 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm watch at Nov 29, 2011, 3:30 AM EST for 9 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 29, 2011, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2011, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 29, 2011, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 29, 2011, 11:48 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Nov 29, 12:35 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 12:35 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 5:27 AM EST, 22 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
527 AM EST MON NOV 28 2011

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-291030-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
527 AM EST MON NOV 28 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

RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY POTENTIALLY LEADING TO RAPID
RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG WITH SOME URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS SOUTHEAST OF A
HOLLAND TO ALMA LINE.

A RISK FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW EXISTS FOR LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. THUS THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS
SOUTHEAST OF A SOUTH HAVEN TO MOUNT PLEASANT LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-291030-
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-
527 AM EST MON NOV 28 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

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 9:11 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIonia62 hr
Nov 28, 9:11 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham11 days
Nov 28, 9:11 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRCalhoun50 hr
Nov 28, 9:11 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKalamazoo17 days
Nov 29, 10:09 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningGRRJackson5 hr
Nov 29, 11:48 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRBarry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 3 more21 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.