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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2025, 7:46 PM EST for 15 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2025, 7:46 PM EST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2025, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Clare County, MI, Clinton County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella 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
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1359 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
349 WWUS73 KGRR 210046 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 746 PM EST Sat Dec 20 2025 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-210900- /O.NEW.KGRR.WI.Y.0013.251221T0046Z-251221T0900Z/ Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon- Montcalm-Gratiot- Including the cities of Big Rapids, Ludington, Fremont, Greenville, Mount Pleasant, Muskegon, Reed City, Hart, Clare, Baldwin, and Alma 746 PM EST Sat Dec 20 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Michigan. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ RAH
1 follow-up statement
673 WWUS73 KGRR 210154 NPWGRR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 854 PM EST Sat Dec 20 2025 MIZ056>059-210900- /O.EXA.KGRR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-251221T0900Z/ Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton- Including the cities of St. Johns, Ionia, Grand Rapids, Grand Haven, and Jenison 854 PM EST Sat Dec 20 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Clinton, Ionia, Kent, and Ottawa Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-210900- /O.CON.KGRR.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-251221T0900Z/ Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Muskegon- Montcalm-Gratiot- Including the cities of Big Rapids, Ludington, Fremont, Greenville, Mount Pleasant, Muskegon, Reed City, Hart, Clare, Baldwin, and Alma 854 PM EST Sat Dec 20 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Michigan. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 4:37 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 5 hr |
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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.