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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

December 28, 2008Arenac County, Gladwin County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this high wind warning at Dec 28, 2008, 3:22 AM EST for Arenac County, Gladwin County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 28, 2008, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2008, 3:22 AM EST (08:22 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2008, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 28, 2008, 11:54 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Arenac County, MI, Gladwin County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-12-28Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 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 280822
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
322 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

MIZ008-015-280930-
/O.CAN.KAPX.FG.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081228T1000Z/
CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE
322 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS NO LONGER OCCURRING AND VISIBILITIES WILL
ONLY IMPROVE THROUGH DAYBREAK.

$$

MIZ041-042-282200-
/O.UPG.KAPX.WI.Y.0009.081228T1000Z-081228T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KAPX.HW.W.0001.081228T1000Z-081228T2200Z/
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLADWIN...STANDISH
322 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE LIFTING UP THROUGH NORTHERN MICHIGAN
WILL ALLOW A POWERFUL COLD FRONT TO BLAST THROUGH THE AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING. AS THIS OCCURS...VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE THROUGH
THE MORNING. GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 60 MPH FOR A BRIEF TIME
AROUND DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY BUT DIMINISH SOME THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. THESE WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE
DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE DIFFICULT.

$$

MIZ024-030-035-036-282200-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0009.081228T1000Z-081228T2200Z/
ALPENA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY
322 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE LIFTING UP THROUGH NORTHERN MICHIGAN
WILL ALLOW A POWERFUL COLD FRONT TO BLAST THROUGH THE AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING. AS THIS OCCURS...VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE THROUGH
THE MORNING. GUSTS MAY BE ABLE TO TOP OUT AT 55 MPH. WINDS WILL
REMAIN GUSTY BUT DIMINISH SOME THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

SD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 281654
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1154 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

MIZ041-042-282200-
/O.CAN.KAPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081228T2200Z/
/O.EXA.KAPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081228T2200Z/
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLADWIN...STANDISH
1154 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
WIND ADVISORY REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.

WEST WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. THOUGH THE WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY...THEY ARE EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH SOME BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MIZ024-030-035-036-282200-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081228T2200Z/
ALPENA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY
1154 AM EST SUN DEC 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. THOUGH THE WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY...THEY ARE EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH SOME BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 8:31 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningAPXWexford40 hr
Dec 28, 4:04 PM ESTGale WarningAPX36 hr
Dec 28, 4:04 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX21 hr

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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.