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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

November 23, 200520 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2005, 3:37 AM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 23, 2005, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 2005, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 23, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 24, 2005, 11:35 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2005-11-23Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2005-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KMKX 230937
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
337 AM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING TO
WESTERN NEW YORK STATE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE LOW IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THIS TIME. AS IT
PASSES TO OUR EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...LOOK FOR NORTHWEST WINDS
TO STEADILY INCREASE. BY EVENING...THOSE WINDS SHOULD BE ABOUT 25
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO USHER
IN A MUCH COLDER CANADIAN AIRMASS FOR THE THANKSGIVING DAY
HOLIDAY.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-231745-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.051124T0000Z-051124T1200Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
337 AM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO JUST BELOW WIND
ADVISORY LEVELS ON THANKSGIVING DAY...BUT IT WILL STILL BE VERY
WINDY. A MUCH COLDER CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL ALSO BLAST THROUGH THE
AREA TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BY THURSDAY MORNING DROPPING
INTO THE -5 TO -10 DEGREE RANGE.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS IN THE
YARD SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS. USE CAUTION WHILE
OUTDOORS.

$$

DAVIS/GEHRING
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KMKX 231724
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1124 AM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON...TO
WESTERN NEW YORK STATE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE LOW IS ALSO EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THIS TIME. AS IT PASSES
TO OUR EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...LOOK FOR NORTHWEST WINDS TO STEADILY
INCREASE. BY EVENING...THOSE WINDS SHOULD BE ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN A MUCH COLDER
CANADIAN AIRMASS FOR THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-240130-
/O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.051124T0000Z-051124T1200Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
1124 AM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO JUST BELOW WIND
ADVISORY LEVELS ON THANKSGIVING DAY...BUT IT WILL STILL BE VERY
WINDY. A MUCH COLDER CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL ALSO BLAST THROUGH THE
AREA TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS BY THURSDAY MORNING DROPPING
INTO THE 5 TO 10 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS IN THE
YARD SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS. USE CAUTION WHILE OUTDOORS.

$$

WOOD
000 
WWUS73 KMKX 232046
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
246 PM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES TO
WESTERN NEW YORK STATE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE LOW IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THIS TIME.
LOOK FOR NORTHWEST WINDS TO STEADILY INCREASE THIS EVENING...THOSE
WINDS SHOULD BE ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN A MUCH COLDER CANADIAN AIRMASS FOR
THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-240500-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.051124T0000Z-051125T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
246 PM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A MUCH COLDER
CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL ALSO BLAST THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. WIND
CHILL READINGS BY THURSDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE 5 TO 10
BELOW ZERO RANGE.  

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE
ITEMS IN THE YARD SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS. USE CAUTION WHILE
OUTDOORS.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KMKX 240101
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
701 PM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM THURSDAY AND AGAIN LATER THURSDAY
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE STRONG WINDS. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRACK
SOUTHEAST TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND THEN INTO THE
NORTHEASTERN U.S. ON THURSDAY. 

THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PULL SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIR ACROSS
THE REGION FOR THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-240915-
/O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051125T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
701 PM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT
TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE.  

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A WIND GUST TO 46 MPH WAS REPORTED AT
WATERTOWN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AROUND 6 PM.

$$
MBK
000 
WWUS73 KMKX 240313
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
913 PM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM THURSDAY AND AGAIN LATER THURSDAY
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE STRONG WINDS. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA IS EXPECTED TO TRACK
SOUTHEAST TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND THEN INTO THE
NORTHEASTERN U.S. ON THURSDAY.

THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PULL SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIR ACROSS
THE REGION FOR THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-241115-
/O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051125T0000Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
913 PM CST WED NOV 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A WIND GUST TO 50 MPH WAS REPORTED IN
NORTHERN WISCONSIN AT EAGLE RIVER AND 43 MPH AT WAUSAU IN THE LATE
EVENING.

$$
MBK
000 
WWUS73 KMKX 240932
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
332 AM CST THU NOV 24 2005

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO
NEAR 45 MPH UNTIL ABOUT MID MORNING. THESE STRONG GUSTS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. 

THE STRONG WINDS ARE THE RESULT OF A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM
THE WEST. THE LOW WILL DRIFT FARTHER AWAY DURING THE DAY AND IN
RESPONSE...THE WINDS WILL STEADILY DIMINISH.

THESE WINDS HAVE ALSO PULLED IN A SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIRMASS
ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-241500-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051124T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
332 AM CST THU NOV 24 2005

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH EARLY
THIS MORNING. BY LATE MORNING...THE STRONG GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE. 

GUSTY WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A WIND GUST TO 47 MPH WAS REPORTED IN
FOND DU LAC AND MILWAUKEE EARLIER THIS MORNING.

$$
DAVIS
000 
WWUS73 KMKX 241735
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
901 AM CST THU NOV 24 2005

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL 
CONTINUE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE 
WEST. THE WINDS WILL STEADILY DIMINISH.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-241500-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051124T1500Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
901 AM CST THU NOV 24 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE 
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. 

$$

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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.