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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 11, 20076 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Sep 11, 2007, 11:19 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Sep 11, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2007, 11:19 AM EDT (15:19 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 11, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 11, 2007, 10:39 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2007-09-11Temperature 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 2007-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 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 111519
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1119 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WILL USHER COOLER AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS INTO
THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AND OVER
HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS JUST INLAND.

MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-112200-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.070911T2000Z-070912T0800Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE
1119 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM
EDT WEDNESDAY. 

WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER 4 PM. THE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED BY THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE PETOSKEY...NORWOOD...
LELAND...EMPIRE...FRANKFORT...AND MANISTEE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 112012
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
412 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...

.GUSTY WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...AS COLD AIR SWEEPS INTO THE REGION BEHIND A COLD FRONT. 
WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORELINE...AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS JUST INLAND.

MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-120800-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070912T0800Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE
412 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE. SOME
COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THIS ADVISORY INCLUDE PETOSKEY...
NORWOOD...LELAND...OLD MISSION...EMPIRE...FRANKFORT...AND
MANISTEE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

SMITH
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 120239
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1039 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...

.AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR THIS
EVENING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN
LAKES OVERNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS MORNING.

MIZ016-019>021-025-026-031-120345-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070912T0800Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE
1039 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...GUSTS TO 35 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORELINE...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX56 min
Sep 11, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXIosco21 min

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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.