Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2007, 12:21 PM EST for 8 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2007, 12:21 PM EST (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 3:55 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDTX 021721 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1221 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...HIGH WINDS TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS AFFECTED THE REGION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL TRACK THROUGH NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL IMPACT SOUTH PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-030000- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.070302T1721Z-070303T0000Z/ ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE- MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC... WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 1221 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH WILL HAVE FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET AND THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DECREASE FURTHER DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS AND FREQUENT GUSTS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY HAZARDOUS IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDTX 022055 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 355 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS AFFECTED THE REGION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THROUGH NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN INTO TONIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS BRINGING STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. ALTHOUGH BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THESE WINDS GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN STRENGTH AND WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. MIZ063-068>070-075-076-082-083-022200- /O.CAN.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE- MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC... WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 355 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WIND GUSTS TODAY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THESE WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AFTER THAT TIME...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KEK
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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.