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Gale Watch 9, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

October 23, 2017

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale watch at Oct 23, 2017, 4:14 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 24, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 23, 2017, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 24, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 23, 2017, 9:53 PM EDT
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 Oct 23, 3:17 AM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 3:17 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 4:14 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR24 hr
Oct 23, 10:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRAllegan, Kent, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa46 hr
Oct 23, 11:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKent4 days
Oct 23, 11:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKalamazoo4 days
Oct 23, 11:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRNewaygo4 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRROsceola6 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIonia7 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent7 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent7 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent7 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham3 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton5 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIonia7 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRBarry7 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRKent5 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRAllegan6 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRMason7 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRMuskegon5 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRMecosta4 days
Oct 23, 11:47 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIsabella6 days
Oct 23, 2:27 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRLake, Mason, Van Buren42 hr
Oct 23, 2:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRBarry, Clare, Ionia, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Mecosta and 2 more42 hr
Oct 23, 2:53 PM EDTWind AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa36 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.