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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

December 23, 20077 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2007, 4:50 AM EST for 7 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 23, 2007, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2007, 4:50 AM EST (09:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 23, 2007, 9:52 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2007-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 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
435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 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 230950
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
450 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION...

.LOW PRESSURE NEAR CHICAGO WILL TRACK NORTH INTO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN
THIS AFTERNOON...PULLING A COLD FRONT UP THROUGH NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL PLOW INTO NORTHERN MICHIGAN BRINGING A PERIOD
OF VERY GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN AROUND MIDDAY THROUGH
TONIGHT.

MIZ029-035-232300-
/O.CAN.KAPX.FG.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-071223T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0007.071223T1500Z-071224T0500Z/
OSCODA-OGEMAW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIO...WEST BRANCH
450 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL GUST UP TO 30
MPH THIS MORNING. AS THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION BY
MIDDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

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.

$$

MIZ008-015-019-021>023-027-028-032>034-231100-
/O.CAN.KAPX.FG.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-071223T1000Z/
CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-KALKASKA-
CRAWFORD-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE...
CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...KALKASKA...
GRAYLING...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE
450 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE
FOG ADVISORY. 



$$

MIZ024-030-036-041-042-232300-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0007.071223T1500Z-071224T0500Z/
ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...HARRISVILLE...TAWAS CITY...
GLADWIN...STANDISH
450 AM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL GUST UP TO 30
MPH THIS MORNING. AS THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION BY
MIDDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

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.

$$

ADAM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 232037
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
337 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO
WESTERN QUEBEC TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL PLOW INTO NORTHERN
MICHIGAN...PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN THROUGH
TONIGHT.

MIZ024-029-030-035-036-041-042-240445-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071224T0500Z/
ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...MIO...HARRISVILLE...
WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
337 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH THIS
EVENING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

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

$$

MR
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 240252
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
952 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

MIZ024-029-030-035-036-041-042-240400-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071224T0500Z/
ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...MIO...HARRISVILLE...
WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
952 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

JPB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 5:19 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford23 hr
Dec 23, 5:19 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAPXAntrim, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Kalkaska, Missaukee and 5 more26 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

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.