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Gale Watch 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

February 24, 2017

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale watch at Feb 24, 2017, 3:50 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 25, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2017, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 24, 2017, 4:01 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Feb 24, 3:26 AM EST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:26 AM EST, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 7:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRAllegan, Kalamazoo, Van Buren85 min
Feb 24, 8:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm55 min
Feb 24, 2:38 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRJackson52 min
Feb 24, 3:49 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa and 1 more28 hr
Feb 24, 4:01 PM ESTGale WarningGRR21 hr
Feb 24, 4:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRKalamazoo42 min
Feb 24, 5:20 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRBarry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo55 min
Feb 24, 5:58 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementGRRClinton47 min

Nearby

Gale Watches in Michigan, 2017Every gale watch 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.