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Gale Watch 10, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

September 18, 2012

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Van Buren78 min
Sep 18, 4:02 PM EDTGale WarningGRR37 hr
Sep 18, 7:58 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryGRRClare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mecosta, Montcalm and 2 more13 hr

Nearby

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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.