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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

February 10, 20084 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Feb 10, 2008, 4:24 AM EST for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2008, 4:24 AM EST (09:24 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Arenac County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-02-10Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 100924
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
424 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2008

...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN
TODAY IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH. 

MIZ035-036-041-042-102300-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.080210T0924Z-080211T0000Z/
OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...
STANDISH
424 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

KAS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 102050
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
350 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008

...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN
THIS EVENING IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

MIZ035-036-041-042-110600-
/O.EXT.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080211T0600Z/
OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...
STANDISH
350 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. 

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY.

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.

$$

MR

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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.