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Small Craft Advisory 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 20, 2013

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Jan 20, 2013, 12:12 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2013, 12:12 PM EST (17:12 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2013, 11:00 AM EST
In force: 4 days
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 Jan 20, 12:00 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 12:00 PM EST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 6:21 AM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
621 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2013

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-211130-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
621 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WITH SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WITH SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW ZERO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

LOCALIZED ICE JAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-211130-
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-
621 AM EST SUN JAN 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NORTHWEST GALES AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AT
TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. FREEZING SPRAY
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY.

OSTUNO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 20, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 20, 11:41 AM EST, 31 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
Jan 20, 3:38 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	GRR	Allegan, Kalamazoo, Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana and 2 more	24 hr
Jan 20, 3:38 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ionia and 10 more	4 days

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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.