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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Feb 29, 2012, 6:09 PM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 29, 2012, 6:09 PM EST (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 8:13 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Calhoun County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 538 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
667 WWUS73 KGRR 292309 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 609 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 MIZ066-067-071>074-010200- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0001.120229T2309Z-120301T0200Z/ EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 609 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 55 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS * WINDS HAVE GUSTED OVER 50 MPH AT BATTLE CREEK. IMPACTS... * FALLING TREE LIMBS MAY CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ MJS
1 follow-up statement
965 WWUS73 KGRR 010113 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 813 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 MIZ066-067-071>074-010215- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0200Z/ EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 813 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. IMPACTS... * A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE RECORDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ NJJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 10:56 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kalamazoo | 3 days |
| Feb 29, 4:17 PM EST | 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.