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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2012, 3:33 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 10, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2012, 3:33 AM EST (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2012, 6:00 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 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 8.6 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
- 2007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
012 WWUS73 KGRR 100833 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 333 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-101645- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.120310T1200Z-120310T2300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 333 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING AFTER 8 AM. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. * STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF US-31. IMPACTS... * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES 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. && $$ 93
4 follow-up statements
591 WWUS73 KGRR 101249 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 749 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-102100- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120310T2300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 749 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING AFTER 8 AM. STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED. * STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF US-31. IMPACTS... * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * SOME DOWNED BRANCHES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ WDM
123 WWUS73 KGRR 101951 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 251 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-102300- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120310T2300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 251 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM MUSKEGON TO NORTH OF LUDINGTON. * SOUTH GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH ALONG THE LAKESHORE SOUTH OF MUSKEGON. * WINDS DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY 6 PM. IMPACTS... * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * SOME DOWNED BRANCHES. 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. && $$ TJT
340 WWUS73 KGRR 101953 AAA NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 253 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-102300- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120310T2300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 253 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM MUSKEGON TO NORTH OF LUDINGTON. * SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH ALONG THE LAKESHORE SOUTH OF MUSKEGON. * WINDS DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY 6 PM. IMPACTS... * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * SOME DOWNED BRANCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ TJT
317 WWUS73 KGRR 102257 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 557 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-110000- /O.EXP.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120310T2300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 557 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS REMAIN GUSTY EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WITH SUNSET WITHIN AN HOUR...THE GUSTS SHOULD STEADILY DECLINE THROUGH 800 PM. * SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY STILL GUST TO NEAR 40 MPH FROM HOLLAND NORTH UP THE COAST THROUGH 800 PM. * THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM AS WIDESPREAD GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * NOTABLE GUSTS FROM AROUND THE AREA TODAY INCLUDE BIG SABLE POINT REACHING 48 MPH...45 MPH AT THE MUSKEGON AIRPORT AND 44 MPH AT LUDINGTON HARBOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ DUKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 10:38 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Mason | 7 days |
| Mar 10, 3:06 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 28 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.