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Special Marine Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 12, 2012

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special marine warning at Mar 12, 2012, 4:36 PM EDT. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2012, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Area: Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

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NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Mar 12, 4:00 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 4:00 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 11:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1107 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-130800-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
1107 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY MAINLY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9
PM. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60
MPH...ALTHOUGH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT. THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA IS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 AND
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SELF-ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND RELAY REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LMZ844>849-130800-
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-
1107 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO WATER CRAFT INTO THIS EVENING.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS
EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND INCREASED WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED AROUND
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

TJT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 12, 3:37 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 12, 3:43 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 3:44 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 3:52 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 4:02 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 4:25 PM EDT, 11 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
Mar 12, 3:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		17 hr
Mar 12, 11:54 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	5 days
Mar 12, 11:54 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	47 hr
Mar 12, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		100 min
Mar 12, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon, Oceana	57 min
Mar 12, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Mason	60 min
Mar 12, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake, Newaygo	59 min
Mar 12, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon	50 min
Mar 12, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Newaygo	60 min
Mar 12, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Mecosta	62 min
Mar 12, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo	45 min
Mar 12, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clare, Osceola	40 min
Mar 12, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Isabella	21 min
Mar 12, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Van Buren	58 min
Mar 12, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan	66 min
Mar 12, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Van Buren	43 min
Mar 12, 5:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Van Buren	16 min
Mar 12, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Mecosta	61 min
Mar 12, 5:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Kalamazoo	43 min
Mar 12, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Allegan, Barry	44 min
Mar 12, 6:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Isabella, Mecosta	37 min
Mar 12, 6:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GRR	Eaton	24 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Michigan, 2012 Every special marine warning 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.