Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at May 15, 2011, 12:11 AM EDT for Bay County, Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2011, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2011, 11:33 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Bay County, MI, Saginaw County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
630 WWUS73 KDTX 150411 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1211 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN PLACE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY HAS BROUGHT A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT TO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OFF SAGINAW BAY WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL DOWN THE SAGINAW VALLEY TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS UNTIL THE LOW MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND BECOME LIGHTER. MIZ048-053-151215- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0003.110515T0411Z-110515T2000Z/ BAY-SAGINAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY CITY...SAGINAW 1211 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DRIVING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS LIKE INTERSTATE 75. * LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND WILL NOT DIMINISH UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL FREQUENTLY GUST TO 45 TO 50 MPH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 PM. 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. && $$ KURIMSKI
2 follow-up statements
054 WWUS73 KDTX 151113 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 713 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAGINAW VALLEY TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN PLACE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY HAS BROUGHT A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT TO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OFF SAGINAW BAY WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL DOWN THE SAGINAW VALLEY TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS UNTIL THE LOW MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND BECOME LIGHTER. MIZ048-053-151915- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110515T2000Z/ BAY-SAGINAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY CITY...SAGINAW 713 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DRIVING IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT... PARTICULARLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS LIKE INTERSTATE 75. * LOOSE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND WILL NOT DIMINISH UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL FREQUENTLY GUST TO 45 TO 50 MPH BETWEEN 7 AM AND 4 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KURIMSKI
243 WWUS73 KDTX 151533 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1133 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011 MIZ048-053-151645- /O.CAN.KDTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110515T2000Z/ BAY-SAGINAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY CITY...SAGINAW 1133 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IMPACTS... * SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AVERAGING AROUND 45 MPH OCCURRED OVERNIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH THE WINDS STRONGEST DIRECTLY OFF OF SAGINAW BAY. * THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS AT TRI-CITIES AIRPORT...WHICH REACHED 50 MPH OR SLIGHTLY MORE...OCCURRED AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BUT WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN AT 35 MPH OR LESS FOR THE MOST PART. * THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO SLACKEN INTO THIS EVENING...LEADING TO A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS DETROIT/PONTIAC OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:53 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 58 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.