Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Nov 29, 2011, 3:19 PM EST for Bay County, Huron County, Saginaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2011, 3:19 PM EST (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2011, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Bay County, MI, Huron County, MI, Saginaw County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
901 WWUS73 KDTX 292019 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 319 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN OHIO HAS LEAD TO GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONGEST DOWNWIND OF LAKE HURON AND SAGINAW BAY. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE NIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND WINDS BACK MORE TO THE NORTHWEST. MIZ048-049-053-300200- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0009.111129T2019Z-111130T0200Z/ BAY-HURON-SAGINAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY CITY...BAD AXE...SAGINAW 319 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABLE TO BRING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DTX/?N=WEATHER_PREPAREDNESS && $$ SC
2 follow-up statements
057 WWUS73 KDTX 300154 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 854 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN OHIO HAS LEAD TO GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONGEST DOWNWIND OF LAKE HURON. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE NIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND WINDS BACK MORE TO THE NORTHWEST. MIZ048-053-300300- /O.CAN.KDTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111130T0200Z/ BAY-SAGINAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAY CITY...SAGINAW 854 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. * A FEW GUSTS NEAR 20-30 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * PEAK WIND GUSTS OBSERVED THIS AFTERNOON REACHED 45 - 50 MPH. * SEVERAL AREAS NEAR SAGINAW HAVE REPORTED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS FROM EARLIER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT. && $$ MIZ049-300500- /O.EXT.KDTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111130T0500Z/ HURON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BAD AXE 854 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS MAY BE ABLE TO BRING SMALL TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DTX/?N=WEATHER_PREPAREDNESS && $$
717 WWUS73 KDTX 300515 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1215 AM EST WED NOV 30 2011 MIZ049-300615- /O.EXP.KDTX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111130T0500Z/ HURON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BAD AXE 1215 AM EST WED NOV 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * GUSTS TO 30 MPH INLAND AND 40 MPH NEAR LAKE HURON REMAIN POSSIBLE. IMPACTS... * PEAK WIND GUSTS OBSERVED ON TUESDAY REACHED 45 - 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT. && $$ DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 9:19 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 25 hr | |
| Nov 28, 9:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | DTX | Monroe | 6 days |
| Nov 28, 9:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 37 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | DTX | Wayne | 64 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | DTX | Wayne | 25 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | DTX | Wayne | 48 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Lenawee, Livingston, Midland, Oakland and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Nov 29, 9:42 AM EST | River Flood Warning | DTX | Macomb | 49 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 7 more | 12 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.