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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 1, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 06:59 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 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
- 2785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
175 WWUS73 KGRR 010700 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 300 AM EDT Sat May 1 2021 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-011500- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.210501T1600Z-210502T0000Z/ Mason-Oceana-Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- Including the cities of Ludington, Hart, Muskegon, Grand Haven, Jenison, Holland, and South Haven 300 AM EDT Sat May 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/grr
3 follow-up statements
580 WWUS73 KGRR 011617 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 1217 PM EDT Sat May 1 2021 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-020000- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210502T0000Z/ Mason-Oceana-Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- Including the cities of Ludington, Hart, Muskegon, Grand Haven, Jenison, Holland, and South Haven 1217 PM EDT Sat May 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/grr
699 WWUS73 KGRR 011939 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 339 PM EDT Sat May 1 2021 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-020000- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210502T0000Z/ Mason-Oceana-Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- Including the cities of Ludington, Hart, Muskegon, Grand Haven, Jenison, Holland, and South Haven 339 PM EDT Sat May 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph will continue into early this evening before diminishing around sunset. * WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN...Till 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/grr
737 WWUS73 KGRR 012354 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 754 PM EDT Sat May 1 2021 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-020100- /O.CAN.KGRR.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210502T0000Z/ Mason-Oceana-Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- Including the cities of Ludington, Hart, Muskegon, Grand Haven, Jenison, Holland, and South Haven 754 PM EDT Sat May 1 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have fallen below the 45 mph criteria for a Wind Advisory in the last hour as expected, therefore it has been cancelled. The highest wind gusts of 45 to around 50 mph were found in the lakeshore counties today. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/grr DUKE
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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.