Lake effect snow occurred across Allegan and Van Buren counties with maximum snowfall of 7 inches for this event reported in South Haven.
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Lake effect snow occurred across Allegan and Van Buren counties with maximum snowfall of 7 inches for this event reported in South Haven.
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 14, 3:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 325 PM EST WED FEB 14 2007 .SHORT TERM... WILL KEEP A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING FOR ALLEGAN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES AND AN ADVISORY FOR THE REST OF THE COASTAL STRIP PLUS KALAMAZOO COUNTY FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD BEGINNING AT 23Z TONIGHT. FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...FLOW BACKS NW AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOULD SPREAD INLAND DURING THE EVENING. FORECAST PROBLEMS WILL INCLUDE HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS WHERE AND HOW LOW TEMPS WILL FALL INLAND WHERE SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z. COULD SEE SOME BELOW ZERO TEMPS THIS EVENING IN THE COLD AIR DRAINAGE SITES LIKE RQB. TEMPS SHOULD STEADY OFF OR RISE SLIGHTLY AFTER 06Z AS LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WORK INLAND. WILL HAVE CAT POPS ACROSS THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES AND LIKELY THE NEXT ROW INLAND WITH CHANCE POPS EAST OF THERE. WILL KEEP THIS SAME POPS AND WEATHER BREAKOUT GOING THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT RAISE POPS INLAND AS THE FLOW GOES MORE WESTERLY. INVERSION HEIGHTS REMAIN NEAR 10 KFT THROUGH THE DAY AND ACCUMS SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE REACHING THE 8 INCH IN 24 HOUR CRITERIA FOR PARTS OF ALLEGAN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES. ACCUMS MAY ALSO BE HIGHER THAN THIS ACROSS PARTS OF EXTREME WESTERN MASON AND OCEANA COUNTIES...BIG AND LITTLE SABLE POINTS...BUT MOST OF THE REST OF THOSE COUNTIES SHOULD SEE AN ADVISORY CRITERIA EVENT. FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY ...SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD TAPER OFF AND PERHAPS END AFTER 06Z AS SHORTWAVE RIDGING WORKS IN. WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS GOING FOR THE COASTAL STRIP WITH CHANCE INLAND BUT THIS IS MAINLY FOR THE EVENING. WILL HAVE FRIDAY DRY AS SURFACE AND UPPER RIDGING DOMINATE. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH ARRIVES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS PRETTY GOOD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF GFS RUNS...SO BUMPED THE POPS UP TO HIGH CHANCE FOR THE ENTIRE CWA AND THESE MAY HAVE TO BE RAISED TO LIKELY IN FUTURE SHIFTS IF MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE. .LONG TERM... THE GFS ENSEMBLES HINT AT ONE MORE BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR THIS WEEKEND BEFORE WE BEGIN A WARMUP NEXT WEEK. A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CWA SATURDAY MORNING. ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM. H8 TEMPS FALL TO -19C BEHIND THE FRONT. BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE PROGD TO BE FROM 340 DEGREES WHICH WILL LIMIT THE EASTWARD EXTENT OF THE SHSN. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION THEN COMMENCES SUNDAY NIGHT AS A RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES MOVES EAST AND DISPLACES THE UPPER TROUGH THAT/S BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. H8 TEMPS RISE TO -1C BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE SHSN TO GRIND TO A HALT. SEVERAL SHORT WAVE ARE STILL PROGD TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. GFS SHOWS A WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE STRAITS TUESDAY MORNING. ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF IT MAY GENERATE SOME LIGHT SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORT SNOW WITH FREEZING LEVELS BELOW 1500 FEET. ANOTHER STRONGER WAVE IS PROGD TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WE/LL KEEP LOW CHC POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS FEATURE. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR ALLEGAN AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR MASON...OCEANA... MUSKEGON...OTTAWA AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE NEARSHORE THROUGH FRIDAY. && OSTUNO 93
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 510 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-151015- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 510 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS IN SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN DUE TO THE RECENT STORM. DRIFTING SNOW COULD PROLONG THE SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATER TODAY. SOME OF THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HOLLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ICE ON THE RIVERS...WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A WARMING TREND TO DEVELOP NEXT WEEK. THIS MAY LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR ICE JAMS...ESPECIALLY IF THE WARM UP IS ACCOMPANIED BY RAIN. RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN AREAS PRONE TO ICE JAM FLOODING SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY SOUTH OF HOLLAND ON THURSDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW CLOUD DEVELOP ON SATURDAY...LEADING TO SOME ACCUMULATIONS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP FOR SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-151015- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 510 AM EST WED FEB 14 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WAVES HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT WILL PERSIST IN ICE FREE AREAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Holland and Bloomingdale reported six inches of lake effect snow with this event.
South Haven reported seven inches of lake effect snow with this event.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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