Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Oct 16, 2011, 11:59 PM EDT for Emmet County, Leelanau County, Michigan. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2011, 11:59 PM EDT (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2011, 4:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 2565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
222 WWUS73 KAPX 170359 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1159 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN..AND ACROSS CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. MIZ008-015-016-019-020-171200- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0008.111017T0359Z-111017T1600Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT 1159 PM EDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT MONDAY. IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
845 WWUS73 KAPX 170805 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 405 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AGAIN THIS MORNING... .A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TO PARTS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN..AND IN COASTAL SECTIONS OF CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY MIDDAY. MIZ008-015-016-019-020-171600- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-111017T1600Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT 405 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN DIMINISH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COASTLINES OF THE GREAT LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JZ
677 WWUS73 KAPX 171554 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1154 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS... .A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TO PARTS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN TODAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...AND IN COASTAL SECTIONS OF CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BY THIS EVENING. MIZ008-015-016-019-020-172200- /O.EXT.KAPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-111017T2200Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT 1154 AM EDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AND WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COASTLINES OF THE GREAT LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
267 WWUS73 KAPX 172008 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 408 PM EDT MON OCT 17 2011 MIZ008-015-016-019-020-172115- /O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-111017T2200Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT 408 PM EDT MON OCT 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 11:16 AM EDT | Gale Warning | APX | 5 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.