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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 11, 2021Kent County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 1:07 PM EDT for Kent County, Michigan. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2021, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Kent County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 10, 7:40 PM EDT, 17 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 7:40 PM EDT, 17 hours 27 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
Aug 10, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		59 min
Aug 10, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton and 16 more	3 hr
Aug 10, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren	73 min
Aug 10, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Barry, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Newaygo	58 min
Aug 10, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun, Eaton, Ionia, Mecosta, Montcalm, Osceola	64 min
Aug 10, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clare, Clinton, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Jackson	66 min
Aug 11, 11:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		90 min
Aug 11, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Kent	65 min
Aug 11, 12:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Allegan, Ottawa	28 min
Aug 11, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Calhoun, Kalamazoo	62 min
Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson and 1 more	2 hr
Aug 11, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Calhoun	38 min
Aug 11, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Jackson	58 min
Aug 11, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm	49 min
Aug 11, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Ingham	34 min
Aug 11, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		2 hr
Aug 11, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Muskegon	43 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.