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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 4, 20128 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this heat advisory at Jul 4, 2012, 3:24 AM EDT for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jul 4, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2012, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2012, 3:40 AM EDT
In force: 68 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Clare County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 3, 11:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 11:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 9:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella	53 min
Jul 4, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta	29 min
Jul 4, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella	59 min
Jul 4, 6:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta	4 hr
Jul 4, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella	58 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Michigan, 2012 Every heat advisory in 2012

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.