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Small Craft Advisory 59, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 27, 2013

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Jul 27, 2013, 3:26 AM EDT. It took effect at Jul 27, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2013, 3:26 AM EDT (07:26 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 27, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 29, 2013, 3:09 PM EDT
In force: 59 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 Jul 27, 12:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 12:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 9:20 PM EDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
920 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-270900-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
920 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY
EVENING WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS LIKELY EAST OF I-69.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-270900-
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-
920 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A HIGH SWIM HAZARD RISK IS EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY
EVENING FOR OUR ENTIRE LAKE SHORE. WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WATER SPOUTS ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

WDM 93

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 3:33 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GRR	Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren	60 hr
Jul 27, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ionia	58 min
Jul 27, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia	88 min
Jul 27, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Jackson	29 min
Jul 27, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Jackson	63 min
Jul 27, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Jackson	42 min

Nearby

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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.