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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 4, 200711 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2007, 3:28 AM CDT for 11 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2007, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2007, 1:07 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-04Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 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 KMKX 040828
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
328 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007

...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR LAKE HURON WILL
CONTINUE TO SLIDE SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...SUSTAINED
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 45
MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 

WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-041630-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.070404T0828Z-070404T2300Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-
MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
328 AM CDT WED APR 4 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION
WILL GENERATE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT
SUSTAINED WINDS OF NEAR 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 45
MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE OPEN COUNTRY SIDE.

THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY LATE
AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR
GREATER ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS IN THE YARD SUCH AS
LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS...BEWARE OF FALLEN TREE LIMBS ON
ROADS. USE CAUTION WHILE OUTDOORS.

$$

MAF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KMKX 041807
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
107 PM CDT WED APR 4 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE BUT NOT AS STRONG AS EARLIER
TODAY...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE AWAY
FROM WISCONSIN. WIND GUSTS HAVE SLOWLY DECREASED WITH GUSTS IN THE 30
MPH RANGE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-041915-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070404T2300Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-
MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
107 PM CDT WED APR 4 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...HOWEVER WINDY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH THE REMAINDER OF
THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

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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.