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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2008, 7:14 AM CDT for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2008, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:16 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 KMKX 161214 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 714 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY... .SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING...REACHING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THESE WINDS ARE BEING CAUSED BY A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. THAT GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WINDS. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-162000- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.080416T1214Z-080416T2000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 714 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT GETS CLOSER TO THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER...OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS IN THE YARD SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS. USE CAUTION WHILE OUTDOORS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMKX 161404 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 904 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY... .SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ARE BEING CAUSED BY A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. THAT GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WINDS. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-162000- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080416T2000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 904 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT GETS CLOSER TO THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER...OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS IN THE YARD SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS. USE CAUTION WHILE OUTDOORS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 7 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.