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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

December 20, 202515 counties in Michigan

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-12-21Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 4:37 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR5 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.