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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

December 2, 20074 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2007, 11:14 PM EST for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2007, 11:14 PM EST (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Dec 3, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Iosco County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2007-12-03Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2007-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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 030414
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1114 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT...

.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON
WILL TRACK INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK TOMORROW AND WILL CONTINUE TO
INTENSIFY. COLD NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH.


MIZ030-036-041-042-031215-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0006.071203T0414Z-071203T2300Z/
ALCONA-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...
STANDISH
1114 PM EST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50
MPH WILL OCCUR...PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF THE WIND ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERIODICALLY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE AREA. ALTHOUGH MINIMAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...THESE SNOW SHOWERS MAY RESULT IN
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN A FEW LOCATIONS. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR WIND
GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WITH THE
RECENT SNOWFALL. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

SD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 031012
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
512 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...

.COLD NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING. THESE
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO
50 MPH BY LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON.

MIZ030-036-041-042-031815-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071203T2300Z/
ALCONA-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...
STANDISH
512 AM EST MON DEC 3 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO
50 MPH WILL OCCUR...PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF THE WIND ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
PERIODICALLY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE AREA. ALTHOUGH MINIMAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...THESE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH BLOWING
SNOW MAY ALLOW VISIBILITIES TO FALL BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR WIND
GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WITH THE
RECENT SNOWFALL. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MC

Nearby

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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.