Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 22, 2014, 5:59 PM EST for Allegan County, Ottawa County, Van Buren County, Michigan. It was in force for 16 hr. 18 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2014, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2014, 10:11 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 7.5 | 3 Wnw Zeeland, MI | 6 HOUR SNOWFALL AND STORM TOTAL SO FAR. RECEIVED 3 INCHES BETWEEN 3PM AND 430PM. 4 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 430PM AND 630PM...AND ANOTHER 0.5 INCH THRU 730PM. |
| Jan 22, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 12 | 5 Sse Spring Lake, MI | RECEIVED BETWEEN 10 AND 11 INCHES FROM 9AM TO 5PM. |
| Jan 22, 8:37 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Bangor, MI | SNOWFALL IN THE LAST 2 HOURS. |
| Jan 22, 9:12 PM EST | SNOW 12 | Spring Lake, MI | DAILY SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 22, 9:21 PM EST | SNOW 1.3 | 5 W Martin, MI | DAILY SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 22, 9:27 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Jenison, MI | DAILY SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 22, 9:50 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ene Grand Valley, MI | DAILY SNOWFALL. |
| Jan 22, 11:00 PM EST | SNOW 11.5 | 3 Wnw Zeeland, MI | SNOWFALL SINCE 2PM. HAS BEEN SNOWING OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR SINCE THEN. |
| Jan 22, 11:16 PM EST | SNOW 8.5 | 2 S Zeeland, MI | DAILY SNOWFALL. RECORDED 6 INCHES BETWEEN 530PM AND 930PM. |
| Jan 23, 4:00 AM EST | SNOW 13 | 2 Ne Castle Park, MI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 4 AM |
| Jan 23, 5:15 AM EST | SNOW 4.2 | Bloomingdale, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 23, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 14 | 3 Ne Beechwood, MI | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 2 PM YESTERDAY. 7.5 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 2-7:30 PM. 6.5 INCHES FELL FROM 7:30 PM - 3:00 AM. SNOW ENDED AT 3 AM. |
| Jan 23, 6:30 AM EST | SNOW 2.8 | 2 Wsw Walker, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 23, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 W Wayland, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 23, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 Nne Paw Paw, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 23, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.8 | Hopkins, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 23, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.8 | Wsw Allendale, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL. |
| Jan 23, 9:15 AM EST | SNOW 4.8 | 1 Nw Bangor, MI | THIS WAS A STORM TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232 WWUS43 KGRR 222259 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 559 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 MIZ056-230700- /O.UPG.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0002.140122T2259Z-140123T1200Z/ OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JENISON 559 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATION RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE MAINLY WEST OF US-131. * THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. BUT AS THE WINDS TURN TO THE NORTHWEST THE STEADIEST SNOWS WILL FOCUS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OTTAWA COUNTY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ064-230700- /O.UPG.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0002.140122T2259Z-140123T1200Z/ ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HOLLAND 559 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATION RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE MAINLY WEST OF US-131. * THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. BUT AS THE WINDS TURN TO THE NORTHWEST THE STEADIEST SNOWS WILL FOCUS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE ALLEGAN COUNTY. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ072-230700- /O.EXB.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.140123T0200Z-140123T1200Z/ KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KALAMAZOO 559 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WITH REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THEN THE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY AFTER 9 PM WITH ACCUMULATION RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR. * THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL BEGIN TOWARD 9 PM AND LAST UNTIL CLOSE TO DAYBREAK. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ037-043-050-230500- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T0500Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON 559 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATION RATES OF UP TO A HALF INCH AN HOUR WILL CONTINUE MAINLY WEST OF US-131. * THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MID EVENING AS THE WINDS TURN TO THE NORTHWEST. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ071-230700- /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T1200Z/ VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SOUTH HAVEN 559 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LIGHT SNOW FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THEN THE SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE BY MID EVENING. * THE STEADIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. MOST AREAS WILL SEE THE SNOW DIMINISH OR END BY MID THURSDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ JK
3 follow-up statements
985 WWUS43 KGRR 230147 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 847 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 MIZ071-231000- /O.UPG.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SOUTH HAVEN 847 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OVER AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ056-064-231000- /O.EXT.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HOLLAND 847 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OVER AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ037-043-050-231000- /O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T1200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON 847 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND DIMINISH TOWARD DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ072-231000- /O.EXT.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.140123T0147Z-140123T1800Z/ KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KALAMAZOO 847 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL RATES OF HALF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * TRAVEL TIMES TO DESTINATIONS WILL BE INCREASED DUE TO REDUCED SPEEDS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ NJJ
800 WWUS43 KGRR 230905 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 405 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 MIZ056-064-071-231715- /O.NEW.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.A.0002.140124T1200Z-140125T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 405 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN TO AROUND -20 DEGREES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. THIS WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND AND ALSO WITH FALLING SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW THIS MORNING. * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * FROST BITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW ON THE GROUND...AND FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ037-043-050-231715- /O.NEW.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.A.0002.140124T1200Z-140125T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T1200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON 405 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN TO -10 TO -20 DEGREES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. THIS WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND AND ALSO WITH FALLING SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * FROST BITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW ON THE GROUND...AND FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ072-231715- /O.NEW.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.A.0002.140124T1200Z-140125T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KALAMAZOO 405 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN TO AROUND -20 DEGREES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. THIS WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND AND ALSO WITH FALLING SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * FROST BITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW ON THE GROUND...AND FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW. * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ038-039-044-045-051-057-058-065-231715- /O.NEW.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGRR.WS.A.0002.140124T1200Z-140125T1200Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MONTCALM-KENT-IONIA-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...GREENVILLE...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...HASTINGS 405 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN TO AROUND -20 DEGREES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. THIS WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND AND ALSO WITH FALLING SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * FROST BITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW ON THE GROUND...AND FALLING SNOW. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. * AT THIS TIME...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE QUICKLY IF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DOES OCCUR...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MIZ040-046-052-059-066-067-073-074-231715- /O.NEW.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ CLARE-ISABELLA-GRATIOT-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT...ALMA... ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 405 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN TO AROUND -20 DEGREES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. THIS WIND COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND AND ALSO WITH LIGHT FALLING SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * FROST BITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ NJJ
967 WWUS43 KGRR 231511 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1011 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 MIZ056-064-071-240000- /O.CAN.KGRR.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0002.140124T1200Z-140125T1200Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1011 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR TODAY. * WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * FROSTBITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW ON THE GROUND...AND FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ072-240000- /O.CAN.KGRR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0002.140124T1200Z-140125T1200Z/ KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KALAMAZOO 1011 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR TODAY. * WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. * FROSTBITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW ON THE GROUND...AND FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ037>039-043>045-050-051-057-058-065-240000- /O.CON.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WS.A.0002.140124T1200Z-140125T1200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-KENT- IONIA-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...HASTINGS 1011 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * FROSTBITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW ON THE GROUND...AND FALLING SNOW. * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY... MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ040-046-052-059-066-067-073-074-240000- /O.CON.KGRR.WC.Y.0002.140124T0300Z-140124T1800Z/ CLARE-ISABELLA-GRATIOT-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARE...MOUNT PLEASANT...ALMA... ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1011 AM EST THU JAN 23 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IMPACTS... * FROSTBITE WILL BECOME LIKELY TO EXPOSED SKIN IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND BEYOND. ROAD SALT WILL HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT WWW.READY.GOV/WINTER AND HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ TJT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 storm warning went out at Jan 22, 5:49 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 5:49 PM EST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
549 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
LATEST UPDATE...
UPDATE
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 329 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING SOUTHEAST FROM NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL EXIT THE AREA OVER LAKE ERIE ON
THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LAKE SHORE TONIGHT AND END
INLAND BY MIDNIGHT. LOWS WILL BE JUST ABOVE ZERO IN MOST LOCATIONS.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH OF LOWER MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT
ENDING THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWS AND ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL
BELOW ZERO ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA.
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A FRONTAL SYSTEM
THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL
BRING VERY STRONG WINDS... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH TEMPERATURES
RISING TOWARD THE MID 20S BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE ARCTIC AIR RETURNS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO HAVE ANOTHER
STORM SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH LOWER MICHIGAN SUNDAY WITH MORE
SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES.
&&
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 547 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
WILL UPGRADE OTTAWA AND ALLEGAN COUNTIES TO A WARNING. WE ARE
ALREADY SEEING DOUBLE DIGIT SNOWFALL TOTALS AND WITH THE WINDS
SHIFTING TO THE NW THESE COUNTIES WILL REMAIN UNDER THE LAKE
EFFECT GUN.
WILL ALSO EXPAND THE ADVISORY TO INCLUDE KALAMAZOO COUNTY. THE
FLOW GOES NW 01-02Z WHEN THE MAIN BANDS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT
WESTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY. THIS SHOULD PERSIST UNTIL CLOSE TO
DAYBREAK BEFORE IT DIMINISHES.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 329 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
WE ARE WATCHING TWO SYSTEMS FOR THE SHORT TERM. THE FIRST ONE IS
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING SOUTHEAST THROUGH OUR CWA THIS
EVENING. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS A WARM ADVECTION FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC
FRONT EVENT FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
FOR THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT THE SNOW BAND NEAR THE LAKE SHORE
WILL PIVOT INLAND AND REDEVELOP AS A NORTH/SOUTH SNOW BAND AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE ECMWF...RAP MODEL AND TO SOME EXTENT THE NAM12 SHOWS
A MESO-LOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT NEAR TVC THEN ROTATING SOUTHWARD
ALONG THE LAKE SHORE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THAT MAY PUSH
THE SNOW BAND OFF SHORE FOR AWHILE LATE TONIGHT INTO THE MID
MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. IT COULD ALSO ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL
RATES. SO I AM EXPECTING 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING BEFORE THE LAKE SNOW BAND DEVELOPS. THERE COULD BE
SIGNIFICANTLY HEAVIER SNOW IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST VAN BUREN COUNTY
WITH THAT LAKE SNOW BAND LATE TONIGHT.
THE LAKE SNOW BAND WILL SLOWLY MOVE BACK ON SHORE AND WEAKEN
THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SKIES MAY CLEAR FOR
AWHILE THURSDAY NIGHT ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL WELL BELOW ZERO.
I DID NOT FORECAST THE LOWS AS COLD AS IS POSSIBLE SINCE I WAS NOT
SURE IT WOULD REALLY CLEAR.
THE NEXT SYSTEM HAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WIND WITH IT AND
THERE IS STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT WITH A DEEP DGZ IN THE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING TIME FRAME. WE MAY SEE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE NAM HAS LAKE WATER TEMPERATURES
TO HIGH BY ABOUT 3 DEGREES... WHICH MAY BE WHY THE QPF IS SO MUCH
HIGHER. IN ANY EVENT WE WILL LIKELY WHAT TO ISSUE SOME SORT OF
WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY TOMORROW.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 329 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
THE DOMINATE FEATURE REMAINS THE POLAR VORTEX OVER JAMES BAY FOR
THIS WEEKEND. IT WILL CONTINUE TO PULL ARCTIC AIR FROM THE CANADIAN
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES REGION INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THERE WILL ALSO
BE ANOTHER CLIPPER THAT COMES DOWN IN THIS FLOW REGIME ON SUNDAY.
MODELS CONSENSUS SHOWS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKING NEAR I-94...ALTHOUGH
THIS COULD WOBBLE NORTH OR SOUTH. THIS LOOKS LIKE A HEALTHY SYSTEM
THAT SHOULD PUT DOWN A SWATH OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE
CWA.
ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR ARRIVE ARRIVES BEHIND THE CLIPPER BY
SUNDAY NIGHT AND LINGERS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MONDAY AND TUESDAY
HIGH TEMPS SHOULD ONLY BE AROUND 10 ABOVE...WITH MANY AREAS STAYING
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND LOWS AROUND ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT.
DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT SHOWING RIDGING BUILDING IN BY WEDNESDAY.
THIS SHOULD GIVE US SLIGHT RELIEF FROM THE BIG CHILL AND ALSO
DIMINISH THE LAKE EFFECT BY THEN.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1245 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THE AREA SNOW WITH IFR AND
OCCASIONAL LIFR CONDITIONS. THE WORST VSBYS WILL BE CLOSER TO THE
LAKE WHERE THE SNOW WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE LAKE.
WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM SW TO NW BETWEEN 00-03Z WHICH WILL EXPAND THE
MORE INTENSE SNOW BANDS FROM MKG AND GRR...TO INCLUDE AZO AND BTL
TOO.
THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 10-13Z ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS
THE CLIPPER MOVES EAST. WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO VEER TO THE
NORTH BY THU MORNING PUSHING MOST OF THE LAKE EFFECT TO OUT OVER
THE LAKE. EXPECT A MIX OF VFR AND MVFR DEVELOPING TOWARD DAYBREAK
THU AND LASTING INTO MID DAY.
&&
.MARINE...
ISSUED AT 352 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
I CONTINUED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AS. IT IS LIKELY WE WILL WANT
A GALE WARNING FOR FRIDAY AS WINDS SHOULD BE ABLE TO REACH 35 TO
40 KNOTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON THANKS TO THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
WITH THE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 330 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
RIVERS ARE STEADY OR FALLING AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE A PERIOD
OF STABLE ICE DEVELOPMENT. SIGNIFICANT ICE THICKNESS IS POSSIBLE AS
WE SETTLE IN TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER. THE ICE JAM
THREAT IS LOW AT THIS TIME ALTHOUGH WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER
LEVELS. AT PRESENT...THERE IS NO INDICATION OF ANY ICE JAMS
OCCURRING.
&&
.GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR MIZ056-064.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST
THURSDAY FOR MIZ072.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR MIZ037-
043-050.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR MIZ071.
LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY FOR LMZ844>849.
&&
UPDATE...JK
SYNOPSIS...WDM
SHORT TERM...WDM
LONG TERM...JK
AVIATION...JK
HYDROLOGY...WDM
MARINE...WDMHazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 10:52 AM EST, 7 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1052 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-231000- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 1052 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. AREAS ALONG THE LAKESHORE WILL SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LESS AMOUNTS INLAND. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROAD SALT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH WIND GUSTS UP AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. WIND CHILLS COULD ALSO DROP BELOW 15 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. LMZ844>849-231000- 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- 1052 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS AND WAVES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DURING THE DAY TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ICE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NEARSHORE WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WINDS AND WAVES WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY NIGHT. GALES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. FREEZING SPRAY WILL BECOME LIKELY FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND. ICE WILL LIKELY EXPAND WITH THE COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. NJJ/TJT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 22, 4:57 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
457 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM SNOW GRAND HAVEN 43.06N 86.22W
01/22/2014 M10.0 INCH OTTAWA MI AMATEUR RADIO
DAILY TOTAL.
0454 PM SNOW 2 NE MUSKEGON 43.25N 86.22W
01/22/2014 M5.8 INCH MUSKEGON MI AMATEUR RADIO
DAILY TOTAL. VISIBILITY AROUND 250 YARDS.
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 22, 5:08 PM EST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
508 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0457 PM SNOW 2 ENE NORTON SHORES 43.17N 86.21W
01/22/2014 M8.1 INCH MUSKEGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
DAILY TOTAL.
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 22, 5:20 PM EST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
520 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM SNOW FRUITPORT 43.13N 86.16W
01/22/2014 M11.0 INCH MUSKEGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
DAILY SNOWFALL.
0500 PM SNOW 3 WNW ZEELAND 42.83N 86.07W
01/22/2014 M3.0 INCH OTTAWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS
0500 PM SNOW 1 NNE FREMONT 43.47N 85.94W
01/22/2014 M2.3 INCH NEWAYGO MI TRAINED SPOTTER
DAILY TOTAL.
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 22, 5:33 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
533 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM SNOW 3 NW NEW ERA 43.59N 86.38W
01/22/2014 M4.5 INCH OCEANA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
DAILY SNOWFALL.
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 22, 5:43 PM EST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
543 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM SNOW 5 WSW BRIDGETON 43.32N 86.03W
01/22/2014 M14.0 INCH NEWAYGO MI AMATEUR RADIO
DAILY SNOWFALL.
&&
NWS GRAND RAPIDS MI
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jan 22, 5:57 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
557 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM SNOW 5 WSW BRIDGETON 43.32N 86.03W
01/22/2014 M14.0 INCH NEWAYGO MI AMATEUR RADIO
DAILY SNOWFALL.
0510 PM SNOW FRUITPORT 43.13N 86.16W
01/22/2014 M11.0 INCH MUSKEGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
DAILY SNOWFALL.
0500 PM SNOW 3 WNW ZEELAND 42.83N 86.07W
01/22/2014 M3.0 INCH OTTAWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS
0500 PM SNOW 1 NNE FREMONT 43.47N 85.94W
01/22/2014 M2.3 INCH NEWAYGO MI TRAINED SPOTTER
DAILY TOTAL.
0500 PM SNOW 3 NW NEW ERA 43.59N 86.38W
01/22/2014 M4.5 INCH OCEANA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
DAILY SNOWFALL.
0457 PM SNOW 2 ENE NORTON SHORES 43.17N 86.21W
01/22/2014 M8.1 INCH MUSKEGON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
DAILY TOTAL.
0455 PM SNOW GRAND HAVEN 43.06N 86.22W
01/22/2014 M10.0 INCH OTTAWA MI AMATEUR RADIO
DAILY TOTAL.
0454 PM SNOW 2 NE MUSKEGON 43.25N 86.22W
01/22/2014 M5.8 INCH MUSKEGON MI AMATEUR RADIO
DAILY TOTAL. VISIBILITY AROUND 250 YARDS.
0306 PM SNOW 3 SE MUSKEGON 43.20N 86.20W
01/22/2014 U0.0 INCH MUSKEGON MI DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
U.S. 31 BETWEEN LAKETON AVE AND I-96 WAS
CLOSED DUE TO A MULTI-CAR CRASH.
0230 PM SNOW 1 SE HESPERIA 43.56N 86.03W
01/22/2014 M7.0 INCH NEWAYGO MI PUBLIC
SNOWFALL BETWEEN 900 AM AND 230 PM
1227 PM SNOW 1 W SPRING LAKE 43.08N 86.20W
01/22/2014 E3.0 INCH OTTAWA MI PUBLIC
REPORTED AT WESCO SINCE THIS MORNING.
1226 PM SNOW 3 W CLOVERVILLE 43.19N 86.21W
01/22/2014 E5.0 INCH MUSKEGON MI PUBLIC
STILL SNOWING HARD WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN
A QUARTER MILE.
1215 PM SNOW 4 NNW LUDINGTON 44.00N 86.48W
01/22/2014 E4.0 INCH MASON MI PUBLIC
REPORTED AT LUDINGTON STATE PARK. SNOW HAD
FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING.
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IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:41 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Kalamazoo, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:24 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.