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Small Craft Advisory 10, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 2, 2016

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 3:34 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 2, 2016, 3:34 PM EST (20:34 UTC)
Expired: Feb 4, 2016, 3:08 AM EST
In force: 36 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 Feb 2, 3:30 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 3:30 PM EST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 5:51 AM EST, 9 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
551 AM EST TUE FEB 2 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-031100-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
551 AM EST TUE FEB 2 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A LUDINGTON TO MT PLEASANT LINE AS A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS.

THE WIND COULD GUST OVER 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...POSSIBLY LEADING TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ROADS COULD BECOME SLICK WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP. AREAS
GENERALLY WEST OF A KALAMAZOO TO BIG RAPIDS LINES COULD SEE SOME
MINOR ACCUMULATIONS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS RETURNS TO THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH IMPACTS
POSSIBLE DUE TO STRENGTHENING SNOW SHOWERS AND FALLING
TEMPERATURES.

WATER LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS COULD RISE THIS WEEK DUE TO RECENT
SNOW MELT  AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN. WITH ICE IN THE
RIVERS...WATER LEVELS COULD FLUCTUATE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-031100-
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-
551 AM EST TUE FEB 2 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL OCCUR TODAY AS
GALE FORCE WINDS DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT FOR MUCH OF THE
PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 11:02 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	7 days
Feb 2, 11:02 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	4 days
Feb 2, 11:02 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	9 days

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.