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Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 16, 20179 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this freezing rain advisory at Jan 16, 2017, 3:34 AM EST for 9 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 16, 2017, 10:30 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 16, 2017, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2017, 10:30 AM EST
Expired: Jan 17, 2017, 3:15 AM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Kent County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Ottawa County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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 freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Jan 16, 3:29 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:29 AM EST, 5 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
Jan 16, 3:34 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GRR	Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 4 more	29 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in Michigan, 2017 Every freezing rain advisory in 2017

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.