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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 3:28 AM EST | Gale Warning | GRR | 27 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.