Alert archive / Michigan / Gale Watches in 2012
Gale Watch 10, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale watch at Sep 18, 2012, 3:35 AM EDT. It took effect at Sep 19, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2012, 3:35 AM EDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 4:02 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Sep 18, 3:30 AM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 3:30 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 4:28 PM EDT, 11 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 428 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-180930- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 428 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HAIL TO AROUND AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...NONE OF WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ844>849-180930- 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- 428 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NEARSHORE WATERS BETWEEN 600PM AND MIDNIGHT AND WILL LIKELY BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 30 TO 40 MPH IN ITS WAKE. THE FRONT WILL ALSO TOUCH OFF SOME STORMS THIS EVENING THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF LIGHTNING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HAIL TO AROUND AN INCH IN DIAMETER COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY STRONG NORTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 5 TO 10 FOOT RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT MUCH OF THIS WEEK. WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. OSTUNO/DUKE/MJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 78 min |
| Sep 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Gale Warning | GRR | 37 hr | |
| Sep 18, 7:58 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm and 2 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.