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Frost Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
343 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-250345-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FR.Y.0002.130525T0600Z-130525T1200Z/
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...
CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON...
GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...
HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...
KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
343 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE 33 TO 37 DEGREE RANGE
   ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

 * THE COLDEST READINGS WILL LIKELY BE FOUND ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER
   MICHIGAN WHERE READINGS WILL DROP TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.

 * LIGHT WINDS AND MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A
   QUICK TEMPERATURE FALL AFTER SUNSET.

IMPACTS...

 * GARDENS AND FLOWERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLANTED WILL BE
   SUSCEPTIBLE TO A FROST TONIGHT.

 * TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR EARLY SEASON PLANTS AND
   FLOWERS FROM THE FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
   DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
   THE ADVISED AREA ARE ADVISED TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.
   ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED
   OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$

DUKE







Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
553 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-251000-
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
553 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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