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Small Craft Advisory 56, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

July 24, 2016

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Jul 24, 2016, 3:07 AM EDT. It took effect at Jul 24, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2016, 3:07 AM EDT (07:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 24, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 25, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 16 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 Jul 24, 1:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:43 AM EDT, 23 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
202 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

MIZ071-072-240700-
VAN BUREN MI-KALAMAZOO MI-
202 AM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 200 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WATERVLIET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A FEW WIND GUSTS AT LEAST 40 MPH WITH SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF
AN INCH MAY ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KALAMAZOO...           PORTAGE...             SOUTH HAVEN...
PAW PAW...             WESTWOOD...            VAN BUREN SP...
VICKSBURG...           HARTFORD...            GALESBURG...
MATTAWAN...            LAWTON...              BANGOR...
DECATUR...             SCHOOLCRAFT...         CLIMAX...
RICHLAND...            SOUTH GULL LAKE...     COMSTOCK NORTHWEST...
ALAMO...               PINE GROVE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4207 8622 4224 8622 4224 8636 4242 8627
      4242 8530 4207 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 226DEG 26KT 4211 8626

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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
Jul 24, 2:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kalamazoo, Van Buren	58 min
Jul 24, 3:10 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GRR	Mason, Muskegon, Oceana	21 hr
Jul 24, 5:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		91 min
Jul 24, 6:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Ottawa	55 min
Jul 24, 6:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa	12 hr
Jul 24, 7:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Muskegon, Ottawa	115 min
Jul 24, 7:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		85 min
Jul 24, 7:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Ottawa	67 min
Jul 24, 7:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kent	62 min
Jul 24, 8:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Barry, Eaton, Ionia	56 min
Jul 24, 9:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson	62 min
Jul 24, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		89 min
Jul 24, 11:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mason, Oceana	56 min
Jul 24, 1:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Kalamazoo, Van Buren	6 hr

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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.