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Small Craft Advisory 18, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 9, 2014

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at May 9, 2014, 3:24 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2014, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
18 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 May 8, 7:57 PM EDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 7:57 PM EDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 7:37 PM EDT, 7 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
737 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-090800-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
737 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS
POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT.  THE
STORMS WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST GENERALLY AROUND 20 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY AND A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. AFTER A DRY DAY SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER IS RATHER LOW AT THIS TIME.

LMZ844>849-090800-
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-
737 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AREAS OF DENSE FOG COULD FORM OVER LAKE
MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A WARM MOIST AIR MASS FLOWS
OVER THE COLD WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY AND A FEW STRONG STORMS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT. SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WILL POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL
CRAFT ON FRIDAY. SOME DENSE FOG WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ON LAKE
MICHIGAN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

AFTER A DRY DAY SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MEADE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRGratiot, Isabella59 min
May 9, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRJackson54 min
May 9, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGRRCalhoun58 min

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Michigan, 2014Every small craft advisory in 2014

Sources

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