Severe Weather in the Central Plains; Heavy Rainfall in the Tennessee Valley; Critical Fire Weather in the West

Scattered severe storms capable of large to very large hail, severe wind gusts, and a few tornadoes will be possible across the central Plains this evening. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring a flooding threat from the Great Lakes to the Mid-South through tonight. Hot, dry and windy conditions will continue to bring a critical fire weather threat from the Southwest into the Great Basin. Read More >

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A surface low tracked across the southern 1/3 of Lower Michigan. This resulted in 4 to 6 inches of snow north of I-96 AND 1 to 2 inches south of I-96.

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NWUS53 KGRR 081711
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1211 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 AM     SNOW             1 NNE BRUNSWICK         43.45N 86.03W
03/08/2022  M5.0 INCH        NEWAYGO            MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION FREM4 1.2 N
            BRUNSWICK.

0700 AM     SNOW             5 SSE WOODVILLE         43.61N 85.64W
03/08/2022  M4.7 INCH        NEWAYGO            MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-NW-8 WHITE CLOUD 7.5
            ENE.

0500 AM     SNOW             2 NW BEECHWOOD          42.82N 86.15W
03/08/2022  M4.5 INCH        OTTAWA             MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-OW-49 HOLLAND 4.2 NW.

0700 AM     SNOW             3 NNW STANWOOD          43.63N 85.48W
03/08/2022  M4.1 INCH        MECOSTA            MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-ME-11 BIG RAPIDS 5.4 S.

0700 AM     SNOW             1 SSW EAST GRAND RAPIDS 42.94N 85.61W
03/08/2022  M3.2 INCH        KENT               MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION EGRM4 EAST GRAND
            RAPIDS.

0700 AM     SNOW             1 SSW EAST GRAND RAPIDS 42.94N 85.61W
03/08/2022  M3.2 INCH        KENT               MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-KN-7 EAST GRAND RAPIDS
            0.7 SSW.

0630 AM     SNOW             3 NE SARANAC            42.96N 85.17W
03/08/2022  M2.5 INCH        IONIA              MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-IN-1 SARANAC 2.6 NE.

0700 AM     SNOW             3 NNW BELMONT           43.11N 85.62W
03/08/2022  M2.4 INCH        KENT               MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-KN-114 COMSTOCK PARK 5.5
            NNE.

0700 AM     SNOW             2 NNW BEECHWOOD         42.82N 86.15W
03/08/2022  M2.2 INCH        OTTAWA             MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-OW-14 HOLLAND 4.3 NNW.

0700 AM     SNOW             2 N EAST GRAND RAPIDS   42.97N 85.61W
03/08/2022  M2.0 INCH        KENT               MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-KN-16 GRAND RAPIDS 2.5
            ENE.

0700 AM     SNOW             3 W IONIA               42.98N 85.12W
03/08/2022  M1.3 INCH        IONIA              MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION IOAM4 IONIA 3 W.

0700 AM     SNOW             1 W HASTINGS            42.65N 85.30W
03/08/2022  M1.2 INCH        BARRY              MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION HASM4 HASTINGS.

0700 AM     SNOW             3 NNW PALO              43.15N 85.01W
03/08/2022  M0.7 INCH        MONTCALM           MI   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION MI-MT-9 FENWICK 3.3 E.


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850 low tracked from the southern plains on the 6th to southern Lower Michigan on the morning of the 7th. The 850 low opened up as it moved into Michigan


Figure 1: 850 mb March 6 2022 7 pm	Figure 2: 850mb March 7 2022 7 am	Figure 3: 850mb March 7 2022 7 pm

The .Surface Low tracked slowly across southern Lower Michigan during the late evening of the 6th into the morning of the 7th.


Figure 4 Surface Low March 6th 7 pm	Figure 5: Surface Low March 7th 1 am	Figure 6: Surface Low March 7th 7 am

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