Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
000 FPUS73 KGRR 271405 NOWGRR SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1005 AM EDT MON OCT 27 2008 MIZ037>039-043>045-050-051-056>059-064>067-071>074-271700- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-OTTAWA- KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO- CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...HART... FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE...JENISON... GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE... LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1005 AM EDT MON OCT 27 2008 .NOW... THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS WERE LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM BIG RAPIDS TO BATTLE CREEK AT 10AM. OTTAWA... ALLEGAN... VAN BUREN... AND KALAMAZOO COUNTIES WILL SEE MOST OF THE SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE AND A FEW LIGHNING STRIKES MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY BE A FEW HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH THROUGH 1PM...BUT LOCALLY UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY FALL. $$ HOVING