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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

January 8, 20085 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2008, 4:18 PM EST for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 8, 2008, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2008, 4:18 PM EST (21:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 9, 2008, 3:45 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2008-01-08Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2008-01-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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 082118
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
418 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008

...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE CROSSING LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING WILL STRENGTHEN
AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO ONTARIO OVERNIGHT.  THIS WILL ALLOW
WINDS TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED
SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

MIZ016-019>021-025-031-091100-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.080109T0300Z-080109T1500Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
418 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
EST WEDNESDAY. 

BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORELINE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JPB
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 090324
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1024 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008

...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE CROSSING LAKE HURON WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT LIFTS
NORTHEAST INTO ONTARIO OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO
INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED
SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

MIZ016-019>021-025-031-091130-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T1500Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
1024 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. 

BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...AND
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

AS
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 090327
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1027 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008

...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE CROSSING LAKE HURON WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT LIFTS
NORTHEAST INTO ONTARIO OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO
INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED
SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

MIZ016-019>021-025-031-091100-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T1500Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
1027 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. 

BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...AND
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE SUBSIDING. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

AS
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 090845
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
345 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

MIZ016-019>021-025-031-090945-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T1500Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
345 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH
THIS MORNING.

$$

MR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 10:02 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningAPXArenac58 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.