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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

October 3, 20146 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Oct 3, 2014, 9:10 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2014, 9:10 AM EDT (13:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
5 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 13:09 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -240 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

213 
WWUS73 KGRR 031310
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
910 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 2014

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-031800-
/O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.141003T1310Z-141003T1800Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
910 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
   HOURS THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT REMAIN
   GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT.

 * THE STRONG FALL STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POWERFUL WIND GUSTS
   WAS OVER MINNESOTA THIS MORNING
 

IMPACTS...

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES

 * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELLING ON NORTH
   SOUTH ROADWAYS AND INTERSTATES. 


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. 

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
742 
WWUS73 KGRR 031437
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1037 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 2014

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-031800-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-141003T1800Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
1037 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISHING
   BY LATE AFTERNOON...BUT REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT.

 * THE STRONG FALL STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POWERFUL WIND GUSTS 
   WAS OVER MINNESOTA THIS MORNING 

IMPACTS...

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES

 * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELLING ON NORTH 
   SOUTH ROADWAYS AND INTERSTATES. 

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. 

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 10:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRKalamazoo30 min
Oct 2, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun39 min
Oct 2, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRCalhoun, Eaton46 min
Oct 3, 4:08 AM EDTGale WarningGRR11 hr
Oct 3, 10:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGRRAllegan, Kalamazoo, Kent, Ottawa, Van Buren6 hr
Oct 3, 3:31 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR62 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.