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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

December 31, 2014Mason County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Dec 31, 2014, 3:32 AM EST for Mason County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 31, 2014, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2014, 3:32 AM EST (08:32 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 31, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 1, 2015, 6:00 AM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Mason County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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 146 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 00:00Z on 2014-12-31Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 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.

259 
WWUS73 KGRR 310832
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
332 AM EST WED DEC 31 2014

MIZ037-311645-
/O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0007.141231T1700Z-150101T1100Z/
MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUDINGTON
332 AM EST WED DEC 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 45 KNOT GUSTS THIS
   AFTERNOON.

 * STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ADJACENT TO THE LAKE SHORE FROM 2 PM
   THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 


IMPACTS...

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. 

 * FALLING TREE LIMBS POSSIBLE. 

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
453 
WWUS73 KGRR 311957
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
257 PM EST WED DEC 31 2014

MIZ037-010400-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150101T1100Z/
MASON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUDINGTON
257 PM EST WED DEC 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH.

 * STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ADJACENT TO THE LAKE SHORE THROUGH
   MIDNIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

 * FALLING TREE LIMBS POSSIBLE.

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. 

&&

$$

OSTUNO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 3:28 AM ESTGale WarningGRR27 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.