Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Watches in 2011
Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 9:11 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 62 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:11 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 11 days |
| Nov 28, 9:11 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Calhoun | 50 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:11 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kalamazoo | 17 days |
| Nov 29, 10:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GRR | Jackson | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 3 more | 21 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.