A low pressure system moved northeast along a stationary front well south of our region and this produced a band of snow which clipped southern lower Michigan. Six inches of snow fell in about a 9 hour period in Jackson county by late in the day on Tuesday February 13th.
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The episode as NWS GRR wrote it up.
A low pressure system moved northeast along a stationary front well south of our region and this produced a band of snow which clipped southern lower Michigan. Six inches of snow fell in about a 9 hour period in Jackson county by late in the day on Tuesday February 13th.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 12, 10:43 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1043 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 .UPDATE... LATEST LOCAL RADAR IMAGERY THIS EVENING SHOWS MOST OF THE AREA VOID OF ANY RETURNS EXCEPT OVER TOWARD KLAN WHERE SOME VERY LIGHT RETURNS CAN BE FOUND. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING NORTH OVER THE AREA FROM THE STORM SYSTEM GATHERING STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. THE CWFA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN PRETTY QUIET THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH ONLY A FEW LAKE EFFECT FLURRIES OFF OF LAKE HURON OVER THE ERN COUNTIES. LATER TONIGHT...THE PCPN SHIELD THAT NOW EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL IN AND IL IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA TOWARD DAYBREAK. RRQ FORCING OF THE UPPER JET TO OUR NORTH WILL MOVE OVERHEAD AS WILL INCREASING ISENTROPIC ASCENT AND FGEN FORCING IN THE MID LEVELS. THE PREVIOUS FORECAST HAD CHC POPS OVER THE SRN THIRD OF THE CWFA AND THIS STILL LOOKS ON TRACK...SO NO CHANGES HERE. ONLY SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO TEMPS WERE DONE. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12Z TUE THROUGH 12Z WED FOR JACKSON CO. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES SOUTH OF A SOUTH HAVEN - LANSING LINE 12Z TUE THROUGH 12Z WED. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR TUE NEAR SHORE WATERS TUE. && NJJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 603 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-131115- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 603 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SLICK ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY DUE TO THE SNOW. RELATIVELY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY FOR THE REGION ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96 TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW COULD OCCUR THIS WEEKEND. ICE ON THE RIVERS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED THROUGH THE WEEK. WITH THE CHANCES OF A WARM UP RELATIVELY LOW...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT FORECASTED. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN AREAS PRONE TO ICE JAM FLOODING SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-131115- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 603 AM EST MON FEB 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ICE FREE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST IN ICE FREE AREAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
816 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007
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..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM SNOW DORR 42.73N 85.72W
02/12/2007 M4.0 INCH ALLEGAN MI CO-OP OBSERVER
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BMARINOThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Six inches of snow fell in about a 9 hour period in Jackson county by late in the day on Tuesday February 13th.
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