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Small Craft Advisory 36, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 13, 2016

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at May 13, 2016, 12:01 PM EDT. It took effect at May 14, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2016, 12:01 PM EDT (16:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 15, 2016, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 26 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 May 13, 12:00 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 12:00 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 4:35 AM EDT, 7 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
435 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2016

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-140830-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
435 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING AND
MONDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-140830-
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-
435 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT SATURDAY INTO
EARLY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MEADE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 11:05 AM EDT, 56 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
May 13, 5:20 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ingham	4 days
May 13, 5:20 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Clinton	8 days
May 13, 10:22 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	GRR	Ionia	6 days
May 13, 3:30 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	GRR	Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 4 more	12 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.