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Small Craft Advisory 25, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 3, 2016

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Apr 3, 2016, 9:43 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2016, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2016, 10:48 PM EDT
In force
35 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 Apr 3, 7:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
420 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-040745-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
420 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WHITEHALL TO
ST JOHNS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SLIPPERY TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING AND TONIGHT WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW
FREEZING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER BOUT OF WINTER WEATHER AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL IS EXPECTED
TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY NORTH OF A LINE FROM WHITEHALL TO
ST JOHNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-040745-
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-
420 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT EARLY THIS MORNING
THEN AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT ON MONDAY AND ALSO
FREQUENTLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MEADE

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRROsceola40 hr
Apr 2, 10:24 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR10 hr
Apr 2, 10:26 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent40 hr
Apr 3, 5:10 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRNewaygo24 hr
Apr 3, 10:51 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRROsceola9 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.