Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at May 11, 2006, 2:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2006, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KGRR 111847 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 247 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 ...STRONG WINDS BUFFETING THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE... .AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR BIG RAPIDS MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. MIZ050-056-064-071-120000- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0006.060511T1847Z-060512T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...HOLLAND... SOUTH HAVEN 247 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH AT TIMES ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE SOUTH OF WHITEHALL FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 8 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MAKE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE PICKED UP AND BLOWN AROUND. $$ MEADE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KGRR 112353 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 753 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 ...STRONG WINDS BUFFETING THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE... .AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR BIG RAPIDS MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. MIZ050-056-064-071-120200- /O.EXT.KGRR.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060512T0200Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...HOLLAND... SOUTH HAVEN 753 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE SOUTH OF WHITEHALL FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 10 PM. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MAKE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE PICKED UP AND BLOWN AROUND. $$ JK
000 WWUS73 KGRR 120203 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1003 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 ...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER WEST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. MIZ050-056-064-071-120315- /O.EXP.KGRR.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-060512T0200Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...HOLLAND... SOUTH HAVEN 1003 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ JK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at May 11, 12:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 12:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1205 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 .UPDATE... 984 SFC LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR BIG RAPIDS WILL MOVE LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH UPPER LOW ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. SHOWERS REMAIN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AND WILL CONTINUE CIRCULATING AROUND THE LOW THIS AFTERNOON... SO WILL HOLD ON TO CATEGORICAL POPS. A FEW TSTMS ARE CURRENTLY PIVOTING NW ACROSS THE FAR NRN CWFA AND THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A NARROW AXIS/TONGUE OF LI/S AROUND ZERO CURLING IN FM SE LWR MI AROUND THE LOW. BELIEVE THUNDER THREAT WILL DIMINISH WITH TIME SINCE COLD LOW LEVEL AIR CURRENTLY WRAPPING AROUND THE WEST/SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW WILL ALSO EVENTUALLY WRAP AROUND THE EAST AND NORTH SIDES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN GENERALLY 1-2 INCHES... ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SPOTS SOUTH AND EAST OF GRAND RAPIDS RECEIVED 3-4 INCHES. DESPITE ALL THE RAIN...THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE RIVER FORECAST CENTER SUGGEST ALL AREA RIVERS WILL REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE WEEK. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY NEARSHORE WATERS ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. && MEADE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 5:16 AM EDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 516 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-120930- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 516 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR INTERSTATE 94. SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AND SOME OF IT WILL BE HEAVY. A FEW LOCATIONS..ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST...FROM MUSKEGON TO NEAR CADILLAC COULD SEE AN INCH OF RAIN TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO STEADY RISES ON THE STREAMS AND RIVERS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECASTED TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TODAY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE TRACKING INTO AND STALLING OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY...LEADING TO THE STORMY WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STAY ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY...LEADING TO A COLD AND WET PERIOD. ON AN OFF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN RESPONSE TO THE RAIN...RUNOFF WILL LEAD TO STEADY RISES ON ALL RIVERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-120930- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE- 516 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GALE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING TEMPERATURES AND GALES WILL LEAD TO RAPIDLY BUILDING WAVES TODAY. WAVE HEIGHTS UP TO 16 FEET COULD LEAD TO MINOR BEACH EROSION. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY. CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WILL POSE A HAZARD TO MARINERS NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WAVES WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MJS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 11, 12:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1230 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM TORNADO 2 SW SCHOOLCRAFT 42.09N 85.66W
05/10/2006 KALAMAZOO MI PUBLIC
BRIEF F0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN APPROX 340 PM EDT NEAR
SCHOOLCRAFT IN KALAMAZOO COUNTY. TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN
FIELD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 10TH STREET AND XY AVENUE.
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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.