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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 20, 20097 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at May 20, 2009, 7:50 AM CDT for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2009, 7:50 AM CDT (12:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 20, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Vilas County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2009-05-20Temperature 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 2009-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -249 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
1796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-101 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 KGRB 201250
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
750 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2009

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TODAY...

.STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY.  SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-202100-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0002.090520T1500Z-090521T0000Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
750 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2009

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45
MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE
MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AS TEMPERATURES RISE
INTO THE 80S.  THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KGRB 201609
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1109 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2009

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-210000-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090521T0000Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
1109 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45
MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS
EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH
000 
WWUS73 KGRB 202355
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
655 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2009

...STRONG WINDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...

VERY GUSTY WINDS AHEAD A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7
PM.

WIZ005-010>013-018-019-210100-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090521T0000Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO
655 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2009

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 


$$

MPC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 9:01 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB34 hr

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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.