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Small Craft Advisory 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 18, 2017

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this small craft advisory at Jan 18, 2017, 3:07 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 18, 2017, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2017, 3:07 AM EST (08:07 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2017, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 18, 2017, 9:58 PM EST
In force
12 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 Jan 17, 6:56 PM EST, 8 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 6:56 PM EST, 8 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 4:10 AM EST, 22 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
410 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-180915-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
410 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE
RECENT RAINFALL AND ICE IN THE RIVERS.

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED HOWEVER
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING IS POSSIBLE AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN FALL THAT MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS. THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.

AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN NORTH AND EAST OF BIG RAPIDS WILL END BY
MID MORNING AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING. BACK
ROADS AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 96 MAY
STILL HAVE SOME ICE ON THEM INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PATCHY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY.

THE WATER LEVEL IN THE RIVERS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED DURING THE
PERIOD. A RISK FOR ICE JAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL INTO TUESDAY COULD CAUSE AN INCREASE THE IMPACTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LMZ844>849-180915-
ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-
410 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE NEAR SHORE WATERS INTO MID MORNING.
THE GREATEST HAZARDS WILL BE VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN HEAVY
RAIN AND CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

WDM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 9:29 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham6 days
Jan 17, 9:29 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRIngham6 days
Jan 18, 10:55 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryGRRClinton24 days

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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.