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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2012, 3:29 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2012, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2012, 8:49 PM EST
- In force
- 17 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 08:32 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 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
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
977 WWUS73 KGRR 230829 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 329 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-231630- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0008.121123T0829Z-121124T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 329 AM EST FRI NOV 23 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... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HIGHEST WINDS ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. IMPACTS... * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS US-31. 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. && $$ 93
3 follow-up statements
880 WWUS73 KGRR 231621 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1121 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-240030- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121124T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1121 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HIGHEST WINDS ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. IMPACTS... * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS US-31. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ TJT
416 WWUS73 KGRR 232055 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 355 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-240300- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121124T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 355 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 45 MPH. * HIGHEST GUSTS ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. IMPACTS... * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY ON NORTH SOUTH ROUTES SUCH AS US-31. 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. && $$ TJT
127 WWUS73 KGRR 240149 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 849 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-240300- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121124T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON... HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 849 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE WERE REPORTED EARLIER TODAY MAINLY RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$
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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.