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Gale Watch 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 17, 2016

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale watch at Feb 17, 2016, 3:55 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2016, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 18, 2016, 3:53 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 17, 3:28 AM EST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 3:28 AM EST, 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 17, 12:00 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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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.