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Gale Watch 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale watch at Jan 5, 2015, 3:38 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2015, 3:38 PM EST (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2015, 4:07 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Jan 5, 3:29 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 3:29 PM EST, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 11:38 AM EST, 4 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1138 AM EST MON JAN 5 2015 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-061100- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 1138 AM EST MON JAN 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO RANGE. AN INCREASE IN SNOW IS EXPECTED AREA WIDE TONIGHT...BUT ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS FROM MUSKEGON TO GRAND RAPIDS TO HOLLAND AND SOUTH HAVEN. ALL AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW TONIGHT...BUT PLACES TOWARDS THE LAKE WILL SEE 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POOR WITH SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE IMPACTED FOR GRAND RAPIDS AND POINTS TO THE WEST TOWARDS THE LAKE BY LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BANDS AND VERY LIMITED VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FROM TUESDAY INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS LAKE MICHIGAN. IT WILL REMAIN COLD...SO SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. BY WEEKS END...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 131. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-061100- 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- 1138 AM EST MON JAN 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE ON LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY. A BRIEF LULL IN THE WAVES WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE BEFORE BUILDING ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS AND WAVES WILL RAMP UP SIGNIFICANTLY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH GALES POSSIBLE AFTER DARK TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL BE LIKELY ONCE AGAIN FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DUKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:55 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 36 hr | |
| Jan 5, 3:38 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Watch | GRR | 12 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.