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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2016, 2:19 AM EST for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2016, 2:19 AM EST (07:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
All 23 counties
Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Eaton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ingham County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
552 WWUS73 KGRR 190719 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 219 AM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-191600- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0001.160219T1500Z-160220T0300Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 219 AM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AND BECOME SOUTHWEST. * HIGHEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS. IMPACTS... * A FEW POWER OUTAGES WILL BE LIKELY AROUND THE AREA. * SOME TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES WILL BREAK AND FALL TO THE GROUND...POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME DAMAGE. * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ NJJ
4 follow-up statements
170
WWUS73 KGRR 191642
NPWGRR
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1142 AM EST FRI FEB 19 2016
MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-200045-
/O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0300Z/
MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-
MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-
INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...
CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON...
GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...
HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...
KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
1142 AM EST FRI FEB 19 2016
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* HIGHEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.
* FREQUENT GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH SHOULD BE EXPECTED.
* WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
IMPACTS...
* A FEW POWER OUTAGES WILL BE LIKELY AROUND THE AREA.
* SOME TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES WILL BREAK AND FALL TO THE
GROUND...POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME DAMAGE.
* LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
* WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT
HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG.
&&
$$
WDM746 WWUS73 KGRR 192044 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 344 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-200300- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0300Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 344 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY GUST OVER 55 MPH. * FREQUENT GUSTS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH SHOULD BE EXPECTED. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. IMPACTS... * WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * SOME TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES WILL BREAK AND FALL TO THE GROUND...POSSIBLY CAUSING SOME DAMAGE. * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ WDM
773 WWUS73 KGRR 200228 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 928 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-200500- /O.EXT.KGRR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0500Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 928 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT. IMPACTS... * HIGH WINDS HAVE LED TO NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT PARTICULARLY IN HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LINE AT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/5OG. && $$ LAURENS
209 WWUS73 KGRR 200453 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1153 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-200600- /O.EXP.KGRR.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160220T0500Z/ MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY... CLARE...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN... KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1153 PM EST FRI FEB 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. IMPACTS... * HIGH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING RESULTED IN NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. * THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES... TREE LIMBS... BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ LAURENS
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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.