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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

November 13, 200515 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this high wind warning at Nov 13, 2005, 2:49 AM EST for 15 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 13, 2005, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2005, 2:49 AM EST (07:49 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 13, 2005, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 13, 2005, 9:00 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2005-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2005-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KGRR 130749
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
249 AM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED NEAR THE WESTERN EDGE OF LAKE
SUPERIOR EARLY THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A COLD FRONT JUST WEST OF LOWER
MICHIGAN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE BY EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THIS
FRONT AS COLD AIR POURS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUES
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-131600-
/O.UPG.KGRR.HW.A.0002.051113T1100Z-051114T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KGRR.HW.W.0002.051113T0800Z-051114T0500Z/
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...
CLARE...HART...WHITE CLOUD...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...
MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...
IONIA...ST. JOHNS
249 AM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MPH
BY LATER THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND GUSTS UP TO
BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. WINDS WILL
BECOME WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH
THIS EVENING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

MIZ064>067-071>074-131600-
/O.UPG.KGRR.HW.A.0002.051113T1100Z-051114T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.051113T0800Z-051114T0500Z/
ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...
LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
249 AM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE
HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING AND INCREASE
TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME
GUSTY AND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST
WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.
WINDS WILL BECOME WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF 45
MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

NJJ
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 131652
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1152 AM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NOW RACING NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR
AT MIDDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM THE STATE ACCELERATING
ACROSS ONTARIO THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS WILL SLACKEN
THIS EVENING. UNTIL THAT TIME HOWEVER...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN
HIGH. WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL CONTINUE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH
RANGE SUSTAINED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH.
TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ALONG WITH
POWER OUTAGES. IN THE ADVISORY AREA WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AGAIN...THE WIND WILL DIMINISH
RATHER RAPIDLY AFTER DARK THIS EVENING.

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-140100-
/O.CON.KGRR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051114T0500Z/
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...
CLARE...HART...WHITE CLOUD...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...
MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...
IONIA...ST. JOHNS
1152 AM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS
CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. WINDS WILL
BECOME WEST TOWARDS EVENING AND THEN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH
AFTER DARK.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. 

$$

MIZ064>067-071>074-140100-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051114T0500Z/
ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...
LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
1152 AM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY
THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TOWARDS EVENING AND
THEN DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER DARK.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR WIND
GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

DUKE
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 132046
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
346 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PULL AWAY FROM THE STATE TONIGHT
ACCELERATING ACROSS ONTARIO THIS EVENING. THE TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS WILL SLACKEN
THIS EVENING. UNTIL THAT TIME HOWEVER...THE WINDS WILL REMAIN
HIGH. WINDS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL CONTINUE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH
RANGE SUSTAINED THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 65 MPH.
TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ALONG WITH
POWER OUTAGES. IN THE ADVISORY AREA WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. AGAIN...THE WIND WILL DIMINISH
RATHER RAPIDLY AFTER DARK THIS EVENING.

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-140500-
/O.CON.KGRR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051114T0500Z/
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...
CLARE...HART...WHITE CLOUD...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...
MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...
IONIA...ST. JOHNS
346 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS CAN BE
EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST
LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH AFTER
DARK.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

MIZ064>067-071>074-140500-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051114T0500Z/
ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...
LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
346 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY
AFTER DARK. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS
OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

DUKE
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 140200
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
900 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2005


MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-140300-
/O.CAN.KGRR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051114T0500Z/
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...
CLARE...HART...WHITE CLOUD...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...
MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS...
IONIA...ST. JOHNS
900 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA.
CURRENT WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 15 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

MIZ064>067-071>074-140300-
/O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051114T0500Z/
ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...
LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
900 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA.
CURRENT WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 15 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NJJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 2:49 AM ESTWind AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson and 2 more18 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Michigan, 2005Every high wind warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.