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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 11, 2024, 3:04 PM EST for 22 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 12, 2024, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 50 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
- Jan 11, 2024, 3:04 PM EST (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2024, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2024, 11:59 AM EST
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
All 22 counties
Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 261 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 11, 12:37 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 12:37 PM EST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 4:04 AM EST, 11 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 404 AM EST Thu Jan 11 2024 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-120915- Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon- Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton- Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson- 404 AM EST Thu Jan 11 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Accumulating snow through mid-day Thursday will result in slick roads, including during the Thursday morning commute. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Accumulating snow and strong winds will likely create hazardous travel conditions Friday into Saturday. Arctic air will result in wind chills in the -10 to -20 degree range Monday and Tuesday. Frostbite will be possible within 30 minutes on exposed skin. Lake effect snow showers are likely much of next week. Additional accumulating snow and travel impacts are possible, especially along the lakeshore. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. LMZ844>849-120915- 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- 404 AM EST Thu Jan 11 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Gales are likely and storm force winds possible Friday into Saturday creating hazardous winds and waves on Lake Michigan. Heavy snow showers will lead to visibilities near zero at times Friday and Saturday. Freezing spray and conditions hazardous to small craft are expected from mid Saturday through mid-next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 11, 9:51 AM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 10:58 PM EST | Storm Watch | GRR | 17 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 11 more | 6 days |
| Jan 11, 4:00 PM EST | Gale Warning | GRR | 63 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.