Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Oct 11, 2012, 10:45 AM EDT for 20 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012, 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2012, 5:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun 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, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
527 WWUS73 KGRR 111445 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1045 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 MIZ037-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-112200- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.121011T1445Z-121011T2200Z/ MASON-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...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 1045 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON * THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE MOST LIKELY ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND ALONG THE HILLTOPS INLAND * WINDS DIMINISH BELOW 20 MPH QUICKLY THIS EVENING IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH - SHOUTH ROADWAYS * LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE OUTDOOR FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND * ISOLATED POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO DOWNED LIMBS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ COBB/DUKE
2 follow-up statements
180 WWUS73 KGRR 111956 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 356 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 MIZ045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-120400- /O.NEW.KGRR.FZ.W.0021.121012T0400Z-121012T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121011T2200Z/ MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT... GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 356 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN 400 PM TO 600 PM. * AREAS FOR FROST WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS WINDS SUBSIDE AND SKIES CLEAR OUT. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS EVENING. * LATE SEASON SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ039-040-120400- /O.NEW.KGRR.FZ.W.0021.121012T0400Z-121012T1400Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE 356 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. IMPACTS... * LATE SEASON SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. 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. && $$ MIZ044-057-065-072-120400- /O.NEW.KGRR.FR.Y.0015.121012T0400Z-121012T1400Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121011T2200Z/ NEWAYGO-KENT-BARRY-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...GRAND RAPIDS...HASTINGS... KALAMAZOO 356 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN 400 PM TO 600 PM. * AREAS FOR FROST WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS WINDS SUBSIDE AND SKIES CLEAR OUT. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS EVENING. * LATE SEASON SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ MIZ038-120400- /O.NEW.KGRR.FR.Y.0015.121012T0400Z-121012T1400Z/ LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BALDWIN 356 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S. IMPACTS... * LATE SEASON SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. 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. && $$ MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-112200- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121011T2200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 356 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BETWEEN 400 PM TO 600 PM. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ DUKE
789 WWUS73 KGRR 112140 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 540 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 MIZ045-046-051-052-058-059-066-067-073-074-120545- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121011T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.FZ.W.0021.121012T0400Z-121012T1400Z/ MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-IONIA-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM- CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT... GREENVILLE...ALMA...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 540 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MAY BE BELOW FREEZING FOR AS LONG AS 8 HOURS. IMPACTS... * LATE SEASON SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED AS TEMPERATURES FALL 25 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ MIZ044-057-065-072-120545- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121011T2200Z/ /O.CON.KGRR.FR.Y.0015.121012T0400Z-121012T1400Z/ NEWAYGO-KENT-BARRY-KALAMAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...GRAND RAPIDS...HASTINGS... KALAMAZOO 540 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS FOR FROST WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS WINDS SUBSIDE AND SKIES CLEAR OUT. IMPACTS... * LATE SEASON SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE ADVISED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-112245- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121011T2200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 540 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...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 TO UNDER 10 MPH. IMPACTS... * THE MAXIMUM WIND GUST WAS 52 MPH AT BIG SABLE POINT JUST BEFORE 9 AM THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ039-040-120545- /O.CON.KGRR.FZ.W.0021.121012T0400Z-121012T1400Z/ OSCEOLA-CLARE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REED CITY...CLARE 540 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. IMPACTS... * LATE SEASON SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. && $$ MIZ038-120545- /O.CON.KGRR.FR.Y.0015.121012T0400Z-121012T1400Z/ LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BALDWIN 540 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S. IMPACTS... * LATE SEASON SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 3:56 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GRR | Barry, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lake, Newaygo | 17 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:56 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 11, 5:45 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 18 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.