Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 4:20 AM EST for 16 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 7, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 4:20 AM EST (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 6:39 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 548 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 719 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WWUS73 KGRR 070920 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 420 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-071730- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.120307T1200Z-120308T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 420 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30-35 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO FALL POSSIBLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MIZ044-057>059-065>067-072>074-071730- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.120307T1500Z-120308T0000Z/ NEWAYGO-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 420 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30-35 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO FALL POSSIBLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ JK
2 follow-up statements
043 WWUS73 KGRR 071609 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1109 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 MIZ044-057>059-065>067-072>074-080000- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ NEWAYGO-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1109 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO FALL POSSIBLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-080300- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120308T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1109 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL OCCUR. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO FALL POSSIBLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$
206 WWUS73 KGRR 072339 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 639 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 MIZ044-057>059-065>067-072>074-080045- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ NEWAYGO-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 639 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * SOME LOOSE SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD STILL COME DOWN...HOWEVER THE THREAT IS DIMINISHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-080045- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120308T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 639 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * SOME LOOSE SMALL TREE BRANCHES COULD STILL COME DOWN...HOWEVER THE THREAT IS DIMINISHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ NJJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:52 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 51 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.