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Gale Warning 12, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

October 30, 2019

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale warning at Oct 30, 2019, 3:54 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 31, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 30, 2019, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 31, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Nov 1, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 warning went out at Oct 30, 3:32 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 3:32 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 4:28 AM EDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
428 AM EDT Wed Oct 30 2019

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-310830-
Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon-
Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton-
Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson-
428 AM EDT Wed Oct 30 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower
Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Snow could cause hazardous travel conditions Thursday night
into Friday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

LMZ844>849-310830-
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-
428 AM EDT Wed Oct 30 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower
Michigan.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Conditions will become hazardous to small craft late tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Conditions will be hazardous for mariners through Friday.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 30, 1:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 30, 4:26 AM EDTGale WatchGRR11 hr
Oct 30, 4:26 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR34 hr
Oct 30, 9:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WatchGRRClinton25 hr
Oct 30, 3:52 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more35 hr
Oct 30, 3:57 PM EDTLakeshore Flood AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren35 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Michigan, 2019Every gale warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.