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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 16, 2012, 4:32 PM EST for 18 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 16, 2012, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2012, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2012, 3:09 AM EST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Jan 16, 4:00 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 4:00 PM EST, 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 6:30 AM EST, 10 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 630 AM EST MON JAN 16 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-171130- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 620 AM EST MON JAN 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ROADS COULD BECOME SLICK LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO FREEZING AND LIGHT RAIN MOVING IN DURING THE AFTERNOON A SMALL POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR FREEZING RAIN NORTH OF MT PLEASANT. A RISK FOR FREEZING RAIN EXISTS TONIGHT BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS OVER TO SNOW BY DAYBREAK. FOG COULD BECOME LOCALLY DENSE LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. LIGHT SNOW COULD LEAD TO SLICK CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-171130- 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- 630 AM EST MON JAN 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GALE FORCE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS AND WAVES COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 9:36 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 6 hr | |
| Jan 16, 4:36 PM EST | Gale Warning | GRR | 30 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.