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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2016, 3:17 PM EST for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 20, 2016, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2016, 3:17 PM EST (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2016, 3:33 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
793 WWUS73 KGRR 192017 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 317 PM EST MON DEC 19 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-200430- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.161220T0900Z-161221T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN...JENISON...HOLLAND 317 PM EST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * WINDS WILL REMAIN UP FOR MUCH OF TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY EVENING. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES FOR EXPOSED AREAS. * SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS...AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE...SNOW...AND IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NJJ
2 follow-up statements
581 WWUS73 KGRR 200213 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 913 PM EST MON DEC 19 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-201015- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.161220T0900Z-161221T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN...JENISON...HOLLAND 913 PM EST MON DEC 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. * WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH TUESDAY. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. IMPACTS... * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES FOR EXPOSED AREAS. * SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS...AND TO TAKE IT SLOW IN ICE...SNOW...AND IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. && $$
914 WWUS73 KGRR 200833 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 333 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-200945- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0005.161220T0900Z-161221T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...HART...MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN...JENISON...HOLLAND 333 AM EST TUE DEC 20 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IT WAS REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO COVER THE GREATER IMPACTS FROM THE BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED AND ARE NOW COVERED IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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.