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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Jun 1, 2011, 10:16 AM EDT for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jun 1, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2011, 10:16 AM EDT (14:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 8:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Clare County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Osceola County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882 WWUS73 KGRR 011416 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1016 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 MIZ038>040-044>046-051-052-012230- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.110601T1600Z-110602T0300Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA 1016 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * ANY LOOSE ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH OUT OF THE WEST. * PERIOD OF HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE 2 PM TO 7 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MEADE
2 follow-up statements
772 WWUS73 KGRR 011949 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 349 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 MIZ038>040-044>046-051-052-020300- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110602T0300Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA 349 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * ANY LOOSE ITEMS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH OUT OF THE WEST. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER 8 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MEADE
366 WWUS73 KGRR 020059 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 859 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 MIZ038>040-044>046-051-052-020200- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110602T0300Z/ LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE...FREMONT... BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...GREENVILLE...ALMA 859 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IMPACTS... * SUSTAINED WINDS PEAKED NEAR 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TO 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ 93
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clinton | 57 min |
| May 31, 10:49 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 4 days |
| Jun 1, 3:40 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 19 hr |
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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.