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	Please note that the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids greatly appreciates receiving spotter reports of hazardous weather from the public through this Internet Spotter Report Form. HOWEVER. IT IS NOT TO BE USED AS A FORUM TO EDITORIALIZE ABOUT FORECASTS OR WARNINGS. THIS ONLY HURTS THE TRUE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT FORM OF GETTING HAZARDOUS WEATHER INFORMATION TO THE FORECASTERS QUICKLY. We encourage the public to provide comments that are not emergency in nature, but they must be e-mailed to the webmaster. He will forward them to the forecasters. We appreciate your help in following these instructions. Daniel G. Houser Meteorologist in Charge

The following is a list of the types of weather observations that the National Weather Service finds helpful:

Observed precipitation for an event
Observed snowfall of 1 inch or more for an event
Snow Depth of 1 inch or more
Wind gusts in excess of 50 mph
Tornado or Funnel Cloud
Waterspout
Flooding
Hail of any size
Ice jams of rivers or streams
Weather related damage to buildings, trees or vehicle

We ask for your name and contact information so that we may contact you if we need additional information, or clarification of your spotter report. You may leave these fields blank if you are uncomfortable providing this type of information over the Internet, however anonymous reports cannot be used for severe weather verification. For more information on the National Weather Service's privacy policies please read the National Weather Service Privacy Policy.

Name
E-mail Address
Phone Number
Date
Time
Location

County	Allegan	Barry	Calhoun	Clare
	Clinton	Eaton	Gratiot	Ingham
	Ionia	Isabella	Jackson	Kalamazoo
	Kent	Lake	Mason	Mecosta
	Montcalm	Muskegon	Newaygo	Oceana
	Osceola	Ottawa	Van Buren

Precipitation	Inches	Rain Snowfall Mixed Other	Snow Depth in Inches

Wind	MPH	Estimated Measured	Hail Diameter

Observed Weather	Tornado/Funnel Cloud		Flooding
	Wind Damage		Flood Damage
	Other Damage
Please provide additional details on the observed weather event in the text area below



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Last Modified: October 15, 2004