Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
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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.
- 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
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.