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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

October 13, 2006Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Oct 13, 2006, 11:26 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2006, 11:26 AM EDT (15:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2006, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-13Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 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 KAPX 131526
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1126 AM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY...

.VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN COMBINED WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO
RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITION NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

MIZ020-025-031-132330-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.061013T1526Z-061014T0000Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
1126 AM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS73 KAPX 132026
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
426 PM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING...

.VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN COMBINED WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO
RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITION NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

MIZ020-025-031-140430-
/O.EXT.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-061014T0600Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
426 PM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY. 

WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR
THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 4:25 PM EDTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryAPXAntrim, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and 3 more18 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.