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Gale Warning 20, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 17, 2020

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale warning at May 17, 2020, 3:40 AM EDT. It took effect at May 17, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 22 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
May 17, 2020, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 18, 2020, 5:54 PM EDT
In force
22 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 May 17, 3:30 AM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:30 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 8:26 AM EDTFlood WatchGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 17 more18 hr
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKent11 days
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRROttawa14 days
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRIngham4 days
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRBarry6 days
May 17, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningGRRKalamazoo7 days
May 17, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRAllegan, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa30 hr
May 17, 6:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningGRRBarry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 9 more33 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Michigan, 2020Every gale warning in 2020

Sources

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