Alert archive / Michigan / High Wind Warnings in 2005
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this high wind warning at Nov 15, 2005, 10:38 PM EST for 23 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 7 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 15, 2005, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2005, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
All 23 counties
Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo 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, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 514 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 616 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KGRR 160338 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1038 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...VERY STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE INLAND WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-161100- /O.NEW.KGRR.HW.W.0003.051116T0338Z-051116T1100Z/ /O.EXT.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.051116T1100Z-051116T1700Z/ 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...WHITE CLOUD...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT... MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS... IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1038 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM EST WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES... ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. 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. $$ LAURENS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KGRR 160818 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 318 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AFFECTING SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN... .VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE FROM 6 AM THROUGH NOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-161100- /O.CON.KGRR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051116T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.051116T1100Z-051116T1700Z/ 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...WHITE CLOUD...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT... MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND HAVEN...GRAND RAPIDS... IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 318 AM EST WED NOV 16 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION... FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES... ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. 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. $$ LAURENS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Clare, Kent, Lake, Mason and 7 more | 17 hr |
Nearby
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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.