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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2016, 2:55 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 18, 2016, 11:08 PM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2016, 2:55 AM EST (07:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2016, 11:08 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2016, 3:28 AM EST
- In force
- 4 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 07:52 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
775 WWUS73 KGRR 180755 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 255 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-181600- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.161119T1500Z-161120T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 255 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * MOST LIKELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON BY THE LAKESHORE. IMPACTS... * POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TJT
4 follow-up statements
349 WWUS73 KGRR 181630 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1130 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-190030- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.161119T1500Z-161120T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1130 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. IMPACTS... * POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NJJ
423 WWUS73 KGRR 181958 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 258 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-190400- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.161119T1500Z-161120T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 258 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH STARTING SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. IMPACTS... * POSSIBLE POWER INTERRUPTIONS FROM DOWNED TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NJJ
905 WWUS73 KGRR 190408 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1108 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-191215- /O.EXT.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.161119T0408Z-161120T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 1108 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING INTO THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE ON THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MID MORNING SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * POWER INTERRUPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
568 WWUS73 KGRR 190828 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 328 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-190930- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161120T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN...JENISON...HOLLAND...SOUTH HAVEN 328 AM EST SAT NOV 19 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 WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FURTHER DETAILS. IMPACTS... * THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FURTHER DETAILS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS GRAND RAPIDS OR VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GRR FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ TJT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 1:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 45 min | |
| Nov 18, 3:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 52 min |
| Nov 18, 6:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo | 87 min |
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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.