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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2016, 3:45 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 2, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2016, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2016, 8:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Calhoun County, MI, Jackson County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 2200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
211 WWUS73 KGRR 020745 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 345 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 MIZ071>074-021545- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.160402T1500Z-160403T0300Z/ VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 345 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TREE LIMBS MAY FALL ONTO POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. * THE WIND WILL BE NOTICEABLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
405 WWUS73 KGRR 021329 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 929 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 MIZ064-022130- /O.EXA.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.160402T1500Z-160403T0300Z/ ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HOLLAND 929 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TREE LIMBS MAY FALL ONTO POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. * THE WIND WILL BE NOTICEABLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MIZ071>074-022130- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.160402T1500Z-160403T0300Z/ VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 929 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TREE LIMBS MAY FALL ONTO POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. * THE WIND WILL BE NOTICEABLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WDM
474 WWUS73 KGRR 021642 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1242 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 MIZ064-021745- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160403T0300Z/ ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HOLLAND 1242 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT INCLUDES THE HIGH WIND ISSUES FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WINDS WILL CASE TREE LIMBS MAY FALL ONTO POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE DRIVING IN OPEN AREAS EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS THEN IT WOULD OTHERWISE BE GIVEN THE HEAVY SNOWFALL OCCURRING ALREADY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ071>074-030045- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160403T0300Z/ VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 1242 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TREE LIMBS MAY FALL ONTO POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. * THE WIND WILL BE NOTICEABLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WDM
067 WWUS73 KGRR 021952 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 352 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 MIZ071>074-030300- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160403T0300Z/ VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 352 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTIUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING TOO. IMPACTS... * TREE LIMBS MAY FALL ONTO POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES. * THE WIND WILL BE NOTICEABLE FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WDM
514 WWUS73 KGRR 030018 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 818 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 MIZ071>074-030130- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160403T0300Z/ VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 818 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED GREATLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE EVENING. IMPACTS... * A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WERE OBSERVED EARLIER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ NJJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:43 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham and 9 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GRR | Clare, Clinton, Gratiot, Isabella, Lake, Mason and 5 more | 31 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.