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Gale Watch 21, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

October 30, 2020

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale watch at Oct 30, 2020, 4:17 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 31, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2020, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 30, 2020, 2:45 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 30, 3:23 AM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 3:23 AM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 29, 7:01 AM EDT, 21 hours 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 2:45 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GRR		58 hr
Oct 30, 2:47 PM EDT	Lakeshore Flood Warning	GRR	Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren	58 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Michigan, 2020 Every gale watch 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.