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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm watch at Mar 21, 2016, 3:40 AM EDT for 19 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2016, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2016, 12:52 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 21, 3:23 AM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:23 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 4:31 AM EDT | Gale Watch | GRR | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.