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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at May 5, 2010, 1:30 PM CDT for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2010, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 18:33 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, 6.5 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
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
955 WWUS73 KMKX 051830 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 130 PM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH OF THE AREA WILL RESULT IN SOUTHWEST WINDS REACHING ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-052300- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.100505T1830Z-100505T2300Z/ 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 130 PM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
044 WWUS73 KMKX 052249 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 549 PM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-060000- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100505T2300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 549 PM CDT WED MAY 5 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WILL FALL OFF SHARPLY ONCE THE SUN SETS. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY TO THE EAST WHILE HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS BEGINS TO SETTLE IN. $$ DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:51 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 18 hr | |
| May 5, 3:39 PM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 2 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.