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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

January 20, 201923 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 20, 2019, 10:45 AM EST for 23 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 20, 2019, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2019, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2019, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 21, 2019, 12:00 PM EST
In force
18 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 15:49 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 323 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2019-01-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2019-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -162 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 7:32 PM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningGRR8 hr
Jan 20, 4:22 AM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningGRR24 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Michigan, 2019Every wind chill advisory in 2019

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.