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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

November 11, 201211 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2012, 3:04 AM EST for 11 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 11, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2012, 3:04 AM EST (08:04 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 12, 2012, 1:23 AM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 468 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
468 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
583 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

844 
WWUS73 KGRR 110804
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
304 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012

MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-111615-
/O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0007.121111T1200Z-121112T0800Z/
MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT...
MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...
SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO
304 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST
MONDAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

IMPACTS...

 * DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS
   LIKE INTERSTATES 94 AND 96. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * 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. 

&&

$$

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3 follow-up statements
823 
WWUS73 KGRR 111614
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1114 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012

MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-120015-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121112T0800Z/
MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT...
MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...
SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO
1114 AM EST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

IMPACTS...

 * DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS 
   LIKE INTERSTATES 94 AND 96. 

 * LOOSE UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.  

 * A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED. 
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SECURE LOOSE ITEMS. IF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE USE EXTRA
   CAUTION. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. 

 * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT 
   HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. 

&&

$$

MEADE
537 
WWUS73 KGRR 112103
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
403 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012

MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-120515-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121112T0800Z/
MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT...
MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...
SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO
403 PM EST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST MONDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. GUSTS
   TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT MUSKEGON AND LUDINGTON THIS
   SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

IMPACTS...

 * DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS 
   LIKE INTERSTATES 94 AND 96. 

 * LOOSE UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.

 * A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SECURE LOOSE ITEMS. IF DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE USE 
   EXTRA CAUTION. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. 

 * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT 
   HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. 

&&

$$

MEADE
371 
WWUS73 KGRR 120623
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
123 AM EST MON NOV 12 2012

MIZ037-038-043-044-050-056-057-064-065-071-072-120730-
/O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121112T0800Z/
MASON-LAKE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-ALLEGAN-BARRY-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...HART...FREMONT...
MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...
SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO
123 AM EST MON NOV 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 


&&

$$

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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.