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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 25, 2012, 11:26 AM EST for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 11:26 AM EST (16:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2012, 3:16 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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 winter weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Dec 25, 11:16 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 11:16 AM EST, 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 3:41 AM EST, 7 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 341 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-260845- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 341 AM EST TUE DEC 25 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 HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY SOUTH AND EAST OF GRAND RAPIDS. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 69. BETWEEN THERE AND GRAND RAPIDS EXPECT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW. LITTLE IF ANY SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF GRAND RAPIDS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT MEASURED SNOW AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LMZ844>849-260845- 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- 341 AM EST TUE DEC 25 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 WIND AND WAVES MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY DUE TO NORTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BUILDING WAVES TO 6 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT MEASURED SNOW AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WDM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:24 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 49 hr |
Nearby
Winter Weather Advisories in Michigan, 2012Every winter weather 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.