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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 28, 2025, 10:43 AM EST for 11 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 29, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 23 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
- Dec 28, 2025, 10:43 AM EST (15:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2025, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Clare County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 339 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
- 418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 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 Dec 28, 6:45 AM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 6:45 AM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 4:14 AM EST, 6 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 414 AM EST Sun Dec 28 2025 MIZ037-038-043-044-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-290915- Mason-Lake-Oceana-Newaygo-Muskegon-Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent- Ionia-Clinton-Allegan-Barry-Eaton-Ingham-Van Buren-Kalamazoo- Calhoun-Jackson- 414 AM EST Sun Dec 28 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southwest Lower Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a low chance of lightning strikes this afternoon. Snow and blowing snow will cause hazardous travel conditions after midnight. Wind gusts over 50 mph could cause power outages late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Snow and blowing snow will cause hazardous travel conditions on Monday. Wind gusts over 50 mph could cause power outages on Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. MIZ039-040-045-046-290915- Osceola-Clare-Mecosta-Isabella- 414 AM EST Sun Dec 28 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Freezing rain could cause hazardous travel conditions through early afternoon. Snow and blowing snow will cause hazardous travel conditions after midnight. Wind gusts over 50 mph could cause power outages late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Snow and blowing snow will cause hazardous travel conditions on Monday. Wind gusts over 50 mph could cause power outages on Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. LMZ844>849-290915- 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- 414 AM EST Sun Dec 28 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for the nearshore waters from St Joseph to Manistee. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Storm force winds will cause hazardous conditions after midnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Storm force winds will cause hazardous conditions on Monday along with freezing spray. Northwest gales and freezing spray are expected Tuesday and Wednesday.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 10:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GRR | Clinton, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Jackson | 12 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clare, Eaton, Ionia, Kent and 3 more | 37 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Michigan, 2025Every winter storm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.