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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

November 19, 20156 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2015, 3:08 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 19, 2015, 11:27 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2015, 3:08 AM EST (08:08 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 19, 2015, 11:27 AM EST
Expired
Nov 20, 2015, 12:00 AM EST
In force
13 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 08:12 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, 8.1 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 00:00Z on 2015-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 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.

312 
WWUS73 KGRR 190808
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
308 AM EST THU NOV 19 2015

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-191615-
/O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.151119T1700Z-151120T0500Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
308 AM EST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IMPACTS...

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY NEAR THE LAKE
   MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

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. 

&&

$$

LAURENS
4 follow-up statements
415 
WWUS73 KGRR 191627
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1127 AM EST THU NOV 19 2015

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-200030-
/O.EXT.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.151119T1627Z-151120T0500Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
1127 AM EST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IMPACTS...

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY NEAR THE LAKE 
   MICHIGAN SHORELINE. 

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
505 
WWUS73 KGRR 192027
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
327 PM EST THU NOV 19 2015

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-200430-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151120T0500Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
327 PM EST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING.

IMPACTS...

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY NEAR THE LAKE 
   MICHIGAN SHORELINE. 

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
303 
WWUS73 KGRR 200226
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
926 PM EST THU NOV 19 2015

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-200500-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151120T0500Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
926 PM EST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY NEAR THE LAKE 
   MICHIGAN SHORELINE. 

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. 

&&

$$
027 
WWUS73 KGRR 200507
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1207 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2015

MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-200615-
/O.EXP.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151120T0500Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON...JENISON...
HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN
1207 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2015

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS REMAINING
BELOW 40 MPH.

 * 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.