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Gale Warning 17, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 20, 2025

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this gale warning at May 20, 2025, 3:50 AM EDT. It took effect at May 20, 2025, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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 20, 2025, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2025, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 20, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
8 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 20, 3:39 AM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:39 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 3:50 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR27 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Michigan, 2025Every gale warning in 2025

Sources

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