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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2011, 4:34 PM EDT for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2011, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2011, 6:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 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 20:35 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 487 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 593 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
464 WWUS73 KGRR 162034 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-170445- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.110417T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ 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 434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. * TREE LIMBS COULD FALL AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH OUT OF THE WEST. * STARTING THIS EVENNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT... WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ON THE GRASS. HOWEVER ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY FALL NORTH OF REED CITY... EVART AND CLARE WHERE ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MEADE
4 follow-up statements
772 WWUS73 KGRR 170205 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1005 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-171015- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1005 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... IMPACTS... * LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. * TREE LIMBS COULD FALL AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH AT 900 PM WILL INCREASE TO GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
624 WWUS73 KGRR 170729 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 329 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-171530- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ 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 329 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. * TREE LIMBS COULD FALL AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * DRIVING ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT 330 AM WILL INCREASE TO GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY AND DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
118 WWUS73 KGRR 171714 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 114 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-180000- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 114 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * LOOSE ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. * TREE LIMBS COULD FALL AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * DRIVING ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ OSTUNO
425 WWUS73 KGRR 172202 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 602 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-172315- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ 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 602 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 47 MPH WERE REPORTED AT BIG SABLE POINT AND NEAR LANSING. MANY LOCATIONS HAD PEAK WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * A SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGE WAS REPORTED IN EATON RAPIDS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ LAURENS HOVING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:51 AM EDT | Gale Warning | GRR | 36 hr | |
| Apr 16, 3:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 13 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.