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Small Craft Advisory 26, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 14, 2015

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Jul 14, 2015, 3:44 AM EDT. It took effect at Jul 14, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 14, 2015, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 14, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 15, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 30 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 14, 3:25 AM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:25 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 5:18 PM EDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
518 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-140945-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
518 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF A SOUTH HAVEN
TO KALAMAZOO LINE. LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY RISK. ELSEWHERE...THERE
COULD BE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. AT THIS
TIME SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT FORECASTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

LMZ844>849-140945-
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-
518 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSE A RISK TO MARINERS. GUSTY WINDS OVER 35
KNOTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE THE MAIN
RISKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

WDM TJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:01 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:49 AM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:54 AM EDT, 50 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
Jul 13, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		2 hr
Jul 13, 11:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	28 min
Jul 14, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Newaygo	67 min
Jul 14, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		55 min
Jul 14, 12:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan	55 min
Jul 14, 12:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo	48 min
Jul 14, 12:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ottawa	32 min
Jul 14, 12:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Kent	48 min
Jul 14, 1:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ionia	51 min
Jul 14, 1:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clinton	43 min
Jul 14, 1:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot and 6 more	12 hr
Jul 14, 3:30 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GRR	Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren	31 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.