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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

April 3, 200723 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2007, 4:38 PM EDT for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 4, 2007, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2007, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 4, 2007, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 5, 2007, 9:01 AM EDT
In force
32 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 20:39 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, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-04-03Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 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 032038
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
438 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...BLUSTERY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS
EVENING USHERING IN MUCH COLDER AIR. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES AS WELL.

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-040445-
/O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.070404T0500Z-070404T2200Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
438 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST LATE TONIGHT INTO THE 20 TO 35
MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

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

$$

DUKE
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 040331
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1131 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORELINE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH. VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-041145-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.070404T0500Z-070404T2200Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
1131 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST LATE TONIGHT INTO THE 20 TO
35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

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

$$
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 040722
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
322 AM EDT WED APR 4 2007

...VERY WINDY TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS OVER OUR AREA AS AN
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST LAKE HURON DRIFTS
SLOWLY FURTHER NORTHEAST. 


MIZ038>040-044>046-051-052-057>059-065>067-072>074-041530-
/O.EXB.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T0400Z/
LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-KENT-
IONIA-CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT...
BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND RAPIDS...
IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...KALAMAZOO...
BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
322 AM EDT WED APR 4 2007

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST INTO THE
25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE.

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

$$

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-041530-
/O.EXT.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T0400Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
322 AM EDT WED APR 4 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST INTO 
THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THE
HIGHEST GUSTS UP TO AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE
LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

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

$$

LAURENS
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 041645
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1245 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

...VERY WINDY TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.WIND SPEEDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS OVER OUR AREA AS AN INTENSE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST LAKE HURON DRIFTS SLOWLY FURTHER
NORTHEAST.

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-050045-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T0400Z/
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...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON...
GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...
HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...
KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
1245 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST INTO
THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE
HIGHEST GUSTS UP TO AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE
LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

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

$$

MWH
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 042000
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
400 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

...WINDY TONIGHT...

.WINDY CONDITIONS SHOUL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT
AS A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS OVER OUR AREA. WINDS SHOULD
DECREASE LATER TONIGHT AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
ONTARIO DRIFTS SLOWLY NORTHEAST.

MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-050400-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T0400Z/
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...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON...
GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...
HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...
KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
400 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST INTO
THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST
GUSTS UP ARE EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

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

$$

MWH
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 050102
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
902 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE WHERE 45 MPH GUSTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. IT WILL REMAIN RATHER WINDY FURTHER
INLAND BUT WIND SPEEDS FURTHER INLAND WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY 
OVERNIGHT.


MIZ038>040-044>046-051-052-057>059-065>067-072>074-050215-
/O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T0400Z/
LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-KENT-
IONIA-CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT...
BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA...GRAND RAPIDS...
IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...KALAMAZOO...
BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
902 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

RATHER WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING
HOURS BUT WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT LATE TONIGHT.

$$

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-050915-
/O.EXT.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T1300Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
902 PM EDT WED APR 4 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR 
RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

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

$$

LAURENS
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 050720
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
320 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TODAY...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY PARTICULARLY NEAR THE LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORELINE WHERE 45 MPH GUSTS WILL STILL OCCUR THROUGH MID
MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING VERY SLOWLY LATER TODAY.

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-051300-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T1300Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
320 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR
RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

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

$$

LAURENS
000 
WWUS73 KGRR 051301
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
901 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007


MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-051415-
/O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070405T1300Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
901 AM EDT THU APR 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE.

$$

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

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.