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Small Craft Advisory 32, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 8, 2013

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Apr 8, 2013, 11:10 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2013, 11:10 AM EDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2013, 8:12 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Apr 8, 7:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 7:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:58 AM EDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
458 AM EDT MON APR 8 2013

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-090900-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
458 AM EDT MON APR 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING INTO LATE
AFTERNOON... NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. FOR THE MOST PART
THESE STORMS WILL BE NOT BE SEVERE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTING WILL THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS FROM THESE
STORMS. IT IS POSSIBLE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE
LIMITS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 69 DURING THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING MOSTLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 96.

RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. STORM TOTAL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS BY FRIDAY
MORNING. WHILE CURRENT RIVER LEVELS ARE FOR THE MOST PART VERY
LOW... THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN MAY YET CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA
RIVERS. WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS CLOSELY.

COLD AIR WILL ENTER THE STORM SYSTEM FROM THE NORTH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH OVER TIME. THIS WILL LIKELY
CHANGE THE RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NEAR AND NORTH
OF ROUTE 10 WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THAN ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT
AS THE CORE OF THE COLD AIR MOVES IN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AT THIS
POINT LOOK TO BE LIMITED BUT THIS TOO WILL HAVE TO ME MONITORED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION...WHILE NOT EXPECTED... IS NOT TOTALLY OUT OF THE
QUESTION EITHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

LMZ844>849-090900-
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-
458 AM EDT MON APR 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF GRAND HAVEN FROM
MID MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WIND AND WAVES MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THE WEEK
INTO THE WEEKEND.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION...WHILE NOT EXPECTED... IS NOT TOTALLY OUT OF THE
QUESTION EITHER FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

WDM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 12:49 PM EDTWind AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 7 more7 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.