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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2012, 1:10 AM EDT for 23 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2012, 1:10 AM EDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 8:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
All 23 counties
Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
258 WWUS73 KGRR 160510 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 110 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-161315- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.120416T0510Z-120417T0200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 110 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE PRIOR TO DAYBREAK THIS MORNING TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...AND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME WESTERLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * SOME LIMBS AND BRANCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TO BREAK OFF AND FALL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ NJJ
4 follow-up statements
768 WWUS73 KGRR 160820 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 420 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-161630- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 420 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...AND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME WESTERLY BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * DOWNED LIMBS AND BRANCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$
912 WWUS73 KGRR 161538 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1138 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-162345- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1138 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE SHIFTING TO THE WEST WITH TIME. * WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 57 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH AN ISOLATED GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * THE HIGHEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING CONSIDERABLY AROUND SUNSET. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE QUITE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT AND LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ DUKE
471 WWUS73 KGRR 162022 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 422 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-170430- /O.NEW.KGRR.FZ.W.0010.120417T0600Z-120417T1300Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 422 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING. * WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SUNSET. * AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE QUITE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. * TENDER VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. * A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ MIZ056>059-064>067-071>074-170430- /O.NEW.KGRR.FR.Y.0005.120417T0600Z-120417T1300Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN- KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 422 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING. * WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SUNSET. * AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S WITH AREAS OF FROST. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * POWER OUTAGES WILL BE QUITE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. * TENDER VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S IN MANY AREAS. 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. * A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ DUKE
255 WWUS73 KGRR 170013 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 813 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-170815- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.FZ.W.0010.120417T0600Z-120417T1300Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA 813 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. IMPACTS... * TENDER VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ MIZ056>059-064>067-071>074-170815- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.FR.Y.0005.120417T0600Z-120417T1300Z/ OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN- KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA... ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 813 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S WITH AREAS OF FROST. IMPACTS... * TENDER VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S IN MANY AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ NJJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent, Ottawa | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Montcalm | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 12:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Isabella | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta and 5 more | 17 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.