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Small Craft Advisory 20, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

March 23, 2016

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Mar 23, 2016, 3:33 AM EDT. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2016, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 23, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 39 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 Mar 23, 3:30 AM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:30 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 5:43 AM EDT, 21 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
543 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-230945-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
543 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOME SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE UP AROUND ROUTE 10 LATER TONIGHT
WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALLY SLICK CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

TRAVEL IMPACTS AND POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AS A WINTER STORM TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. THE REGION
NORTH OF A MUSKEGON TO GRAND RAPIDS TO LANSING LINE WILL LIKELY BE
MOST IMPACTED FROM THIS EVENT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
AS WELL.

RIVER AND SMALL STREAM RISES ARE LIKELY TO RESUME LATER THIS WEEK
AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS RUNOFF FROM THIS EVENT COULD LEAD TO
IMPACTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-230945-
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-
543 AM EDT TUE MAR 22 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

GALE FORCE WINDS COULD LEAD TO HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS AND WAVES COULD BECOME
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SOONER.

.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
Mar 23, 9:36 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	26 days
Mar 23, 9:36 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	3 days
Mar 23, 9:36 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	6 days

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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.