Alert archive / Wisconsin / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Dec 15, 2011, 1:32 PM CST for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 15, 2011, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2011, 1:32 PM CST (19:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2011, 2:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2011, 10:46 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Winnebago County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104 WWUS73 KGRB 151932 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 132 PM CST THU DEC 15 2011 ...VERY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEPARTING NORTHEAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO EASE LATER THIS EVENING OVER THE FOX CITIES AND LATER TONIGHT OVER DOOR COUNTY. WIZ038>040-048>050-160300- /O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0011.111215T2000Z-111216T0300Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 132 PM CST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND REMAIN GUSTY FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE EASING LATE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW OVER OUTDOOR FURNITURE OR DECORATIONS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE MOST AFFECTED. 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. && $$ WIZ022-160300- /O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0011.111215T2000Z-111216T0600Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 132 PM CST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS BEFORE EASING TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW OVER OUTDOOR FURNITURE OR DECORATIONS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE MOST AFFECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TH
2 follow-up statements
463 WWUS73 KGRB 160257 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 857 PM CST THU DEC 15 2011 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING OVER DOOR COUNTY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER QUEBEC WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO DOOR COUNTY UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. WIZ038>040-048>050-160400- /O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111216T0300Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 857 PM CST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ALLOWED THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. WIND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 35 MPH...WHICH IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. $$ WIZ022-160600- /O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111216T0600Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 857 PM CST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DOOR COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW OVER OUTDOOR FURNITURE OR DECORATIONS. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TSK
948 WWUS73 KGRB 160446 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1046 PM CST THU DEC 15 2011 WIZ022-160600- /O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111216T0600Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 1046 PM CST THU DEC 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH OVER NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...THE TREND WILL BE FOR DECREASING WINDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. $$ TSK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 4:26 AM CST | Gale Warning | GRB | 18 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.