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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2011, 3:59 PM EDT for 17 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2011, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2011, 7:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Bay County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Huron County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 487 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 593 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WWUS73 KDTX 161959 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 359 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A DEEPENING AREA LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT ACROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND INTO ONTARIO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE PASSAGE OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AS A DEEPER LAYER OF COLD AIR INFILTRATES INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...THE INCREASE IN INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW STRONGER WINDS ALOFT TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-170400- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.110417T0400Z-110418T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 359 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS. * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. * MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES IS POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HLO
6 follow-up statements
702 WWUS73 KDTX 170220 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1020 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A DEEPENING AREA LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...ALREADY TO THE EAST OF LOWER MICHIGAN...HAS OPENED THE DOOR ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THAT WILL LAST THROUGH SUNDAY. A DEEPER LAYER OF COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL WILL HELP MIX STRONGER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SUBSIDE SUNDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-171030- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.110417T0400Z-110418T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 1020 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS. * LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. * MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES IS POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BT
859 WWUS73 KDTX 170236 CCA NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1031 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 CORRECTED HAZARDOUS WEATHER SECTION ...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... .A DEEPENING AREA LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...ALREADY TO THE EAST OF LOWER MICHIGAN...HAS OPENED THE DOOR ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THAT WILL LAST THROUGH SUNDAY. A DEEPER LAYER OF COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL WILL HELP MIX STRONGER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY DURING LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SUBSIDE SUNDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-171100- /O.COR.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.110417T0400Z-110418T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 1031 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS. * LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. * MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES IS POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE NIGHT WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH BECOMING MORE COMMON TOWARD SUNRISE. GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 45 MPH BY MID SUNDAY MORNING WITH A FEW GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BT
676 WWUS73 KDTX 170715 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 315 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHEAST OF LAKE HURON AND VERY COLD AIR ADVANCING ACROSS THE STATE WILL LEAD TO GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS TODAY...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-171715- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 315 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS. * LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. * MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES IS POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN BELOW 35 MPH. WINDS WILL HOWEVER INCREASE AFTER 8 AM...WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 45 MPH BY NOON. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SC
843 WWUS73 KDTX 171454 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1054 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTH THROUGH ONTARIO IN COMBINATION WITH VERY COLD AIR PUSHING INTO LOWER MICHIGAN WILL GENERATE STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN TODAY. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-172300- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 1054 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS. * LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. * MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES IS POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH HAVE REDEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 45 MPH BY NOON. * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
177 WWUS73 KDTX 172021 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 421 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS IN PLACE BEHIND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-180000- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 421 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS. * LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. * MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES IS POSSIBLE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HLO
956 WWUS73 KDTX 172312 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 712 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-180015- /O.CAN.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110418T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 712 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IMPACTS... * MOST LOCATIONS AROUND SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SAW WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PEAK GUSTS RANGED FROM 38 MPH AT PORT HOPE...TO 47 MPH AT DETROIT METRO AIRPORT...TO A PEAK OF 49 MPH AT SAGINAW. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WESTERLY WIND GUSTS HAVE NOW DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN 40 MPH AT ALL REPORTING STATIONS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN...AND THE DIMINISHING TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS DETROIT/PONTIAC OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:58 PM EDT | Gale Warning | DTX | 52 hr | |
| Apr 15, 11:58 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 16 hr | |
| Apr 16, 4:11 AM EDT | Gale Watch | DTX | 12 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.