Alert archive / Michigan / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
- 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
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 THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 8:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | APX | Wexford | 40 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:04 PM EST | Gale Warning | APX | 36 hr | |
| Dec 28, 4:04 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 21 hr |
Nearby
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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.