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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Dec 29, 2008, 10:03 AM EST for 22 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Dec 29, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2008, 10:03 AM EST (15:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
All 22 counties
Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 1581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 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 291503 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1003 AM EST MON DEC 29 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT...COLDER AIR AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. MIZ016>036-041-042-300300- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0010.081229T1800Z-081230T0300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1003 AM EST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE TODAY...THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME VERY GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT BY MID AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH LIKELY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SMITH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KAPX 292114 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 414 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING... MIZ016>036-041-042-300300- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081230T0300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 414 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS73 KAPX 292122 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 422 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING... MIZ016>019-021>024-292230- /O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081230T0300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY- ALPENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA 422 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MIZ020-025>036-041-042-300300- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081230T0300Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA- MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC... LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN... STANDISH 422 PM EST MON DEC 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 10:20 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | Alpena, Antrim, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego and 1 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008
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.