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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 28, 200815 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Jun 28, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT for 15 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2008, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KAPX 282345
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
745 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...HIGH WINDS AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...

.THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CREATED A WAVE OF WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THEM
CAUSING WINDS TO GUST TO 45 TO 55 MPH. 

MIZ018-021>024-027>030-033>036-041-042-290200-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0006.080628T2345Z-080629T0200Z/
PRESQUE ISLE-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...
ATLANTA...ALPENA...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...
LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...
STANDISH
745 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST BETWEEN 45 MPH AND 55 MPH AS THIS WAVE
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

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.

$$

JL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 290058
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
858 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...HIGH WINDS AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...

.THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CREATED A WAVE OF WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THEM
CAUSING WINDS TO GUST TO 45 TO 55 MPH.

MIZ021-027-028-033>035-041-290200-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080629T0200Z/
ANTRIM-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-GLADWIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCELONA...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...
LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...GLADWIN
858 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WAVE THAT WENT THROUGH THE REGION HAS PASSED AND WINDS HAVE
SUBSIDED.

$$

MIZ018-022>024-029-030-036-042-290200-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080629T0200Z/
PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-IOSCO-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...
ALPENA...MIO...HARRISVILLE...TAWAS CITY...STANDISH
858 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST BETWEEN 45 MPH AND 55 MPH AS THIS WAVE
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

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.

$$

JL
000 
WWUS73 KAPX 290156
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
956 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

MIZ018-022>024-029-030-036-042-290300-
/O.EXP.KAPX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080629T0200Z/
PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-IOSCO-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...
ALPENA...MIO...HARRISVILLE...TAWAS CITY...STANDISH
956 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY
WINDS...ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS...ARE EXITING THE LAKE HURON COASTLINE OF NORTHEAST
LOWER MICHIGAN.

$$

JZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego57 min
Jun 27, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Iosco43 min
Jun 27, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX39 min
Jun 28, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX46 min
Jun 28, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Roscommon45 min
Jun 28, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Oscoda54 min
Jun 28, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX30 min
Jun 28, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX93 min
Jun 28, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min

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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.