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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

August 28, 2021Montcalm County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2021, 4:07 PM EDT for Montcalm County, Michigan. It was in force for 68 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 28, 2021, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Montcalm County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 27, 7:09 PM EDT, 20 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 7:09 PM EDT, 20 hours 58 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 27, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Mecosta, Newaygo	48 min
Aug 28, 1:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GRR		84 min
Aug 28, 2:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Lake, Mason	66 min
Aug 28, 2:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRR	Mason	6 hr
Aug 28, 2:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Lake, Osceola	55 min
Aug 28, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Clare	55 min
Aug 28, 10:32 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRR		35 hr
Aug 28, 10:40 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GRR	Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, Van Buren	35 hr
Aug 28, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clare	66 min
Aug 28, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Gratiot	62 min
Aug 28, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot	48 min
Aug 28, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot	47 min
Aug 28, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GRR	Gratiot	42 min
Aug 28, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GRR	Clinton, Ionia	57 min

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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.