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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 24, 200716 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2007, 10:36 AM CDT for 16 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 24, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2007, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 24, 2007, 5:55 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2007-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 241536
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1036 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS
INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM MINNESOTA AND
IOWA. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MAINLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND ALONG THE FRONT...BUT GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE FRONT AND STORMS
ARRIVE.

WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>066-069>072-242300-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.070524T1800Z-070524T2300Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
1036 AM CDT THU MAY 24 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.

GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LESS NEAR THE
LAKE MICHIGAN LAKESHORE DUE TO THE LAKE BREEZE. 

$$

GEHRING
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KMKX 242255
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
555 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN IS CANCELLED...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30
MPH. THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING WILL SEE WINDS BECOMING
WEST TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH.

WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>066-069>072-250000-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070524T2300Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
555 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DECREASED AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT TRACKING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. AHEAD OF THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.

$$
TZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk64 min
May 24, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane30 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.