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Gale Watch 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 11, 2016

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale watch at Feb 11, 2016, 3:59 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 12, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2016, 3:59 AM EST (08:59 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 12, 2016, 3:28 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 Feb 11, 3:30 AM EST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:30 AM EST, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:35 PM EST, 12 hours 24 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
Feb 11, 1:41 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Van Buren	50 hr
Feb 11, 1:41 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GRR	Barry, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Mason, Muskegon and 3 more	50 hr
Feb 11, 3:38 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	GRR		36 hr

Nearby

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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.