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Gale Watch 11, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale watch at Oct 10, 2012, 3:21 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 11, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2012, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 11, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2012, 4:10 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 Oct 9, 11:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 11:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 4:45 AM EDT, 22 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 445 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-100830- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 445 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-100830- 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- 445 AM EDT TUE OCT 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GALE FORCE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT AND ANYONE VENTURING OUT ON PIERS TODAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY TONIGHT AS THEY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST... BUT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINDS AND WAVES WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WEDNESDAY... WITH WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE AS WELL. WINDS COULD REACH GALE FORCE FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MEADE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 9, 11:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 11:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 29 hr | |
| Oct 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Gale Warning | GRR | 26 hr |
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