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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Dec 15, 2011, 11:44 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 15, 2011, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2011, 11:44 AM EST (16:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2011, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2011, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
310 WWUS73 KGRR 151644 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1144 AM EST THU DEC 15 2011 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-160045- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0009.111215T1700Z-111216T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1144 AM EST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS INTO THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING SOME OVERNIGHT. * THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE...BUT GUSTS TO IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY FIND TRAVEL A BIT MORE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADWAYS LIKE U.S. 31 AND INTERSTATE 96. * GARBAGE CANS OR ANY LOOSE ITEMS THAT REMAIN IN YOUR YARD MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. 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. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ DUKE
2 follow-up statements
396 WWUS73 KGRR 152054 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 354 PM EST THU DEC 15 2011 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-160400- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111216T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 354 PM EST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * 20 TO 30 MPH WEST WINDS WILL GUST AT TIMES INTO THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST AFTER DARK BEFORE SUBSIDING SOME OVERNIGHT. * THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE...BUT GUSTS TO IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY FIND TRAVEL A BIT MORE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADWAYS LIKE U.S. 31 AND INTERSTATE 196. * GARBAGE CANS OR ANY LOOSE ITEMS THAT REMAIN IN YOUR YARD MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ DUKE
621 WWUS73 KGRR 160359 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1059 PM EST THU DEC 15 2011 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-160500- /O.EXP.KGRR.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111216T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1059 PM EST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. IMPACTS... * PEAK WIND GUSTS EXCEEDED 45 MPH TODAY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. * PEAK GUSTS REACHED THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE. A GUST TO 55 MPH WAS RECORDED AT BIG SABLE POINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 10:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo | 47 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.