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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 19, 20114 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2011, 2:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 19, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 2011, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 19, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 20, 2011, 2:59 PM CDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

692 
WWUS73 KGRB 191953
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
253 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...STRONG WINDS ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES FROM EASTERN
KENTUCKY TO NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT. BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE AND
HIGH PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
DEVELOP WHICH WILL USHER IN STRONG NORTH WINDS. THE STRONGEST OF
GUSTS WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MID-MORNING ON
THURSDAY...WHEN SOME GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
DIRECTLY ALONG THE SHORELINE. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE INLAND FROM THE LAKE AS WELL. AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES
TO THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW AFTERNOON...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO
SUBSIDE.  

WIZ022-040-050-200400-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.111020T0000Z-111020T1800Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
253 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS
  EVENING AND PEAK LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE
  GRADUALLY SUBSIDING.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO
  THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE OBSERVED ALONG THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND
  LOOSE OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME
  DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MPC
5 follow-up statements
146 
WWUS73 KGRB 200233
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
933 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...STRONG WINDS ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTH OUT OF
OHIO INOT LAKE HURON. BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE AND HIGH PRESSURE
OVER ONTARIO...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BRING STRONG NORTH
WINDS. THE STRONGEST OF GUSTS WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
AND MID-MORNING ON THURSDAY...WHEN SOME GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SHORELINE. A FEW GUSTS UP
TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE INLAND FROM THE LAKE AS WELL. 

WIZ022-040-050-201045-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111020T1800Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
933 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY...

* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW
  MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING.

* NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE OBSERVED
  ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

* WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND LOOSE OBJECTS
  TO BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
959 
WWUS73 KGRB 200927
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
427 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...STRONG NORTH WINDS TO CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...

.A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR DETROIT WILL CONTINUE TO
LIFT NORTH TODAY. THIS LOW WILL GENERATE STRONG NORTH WINDS NEAR
THE BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH EXPECTED.
THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER
NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

WIZ039-201800-
/O.EXA.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111020T1800Z/
BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREEN BAY
427 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDING.

* NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE OBSERVED NEAR
  THE BAY IN NORTHEAST BROWN COUNTY.

* WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS...LEADING TO
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

WIZ022-201800-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111021T0300Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
427 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING OR
  EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY MID-EVENING.

* NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS SHOULD BE OBSERVED
  ALONG THE BAYSHORE. BY THIS EVENING...THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD
  MAINLY BE CONFINED TO NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY...NEAR GILLS ROCK...
  SISTER BAY AND WASHINGTON ISLAND.

* WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS...LEADING TO
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

WIZ040-050-201800-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111020T1800Z/
KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
427 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDING.

* NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

* WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH
888 
WWUS73 KGRB 201520
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1020 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...STRONG NORTH WINDS TO CONTINUE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...

.A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR DETROIT WILL CONTINUE TO
LIFT NORTH TODAY. THIS LOW WILL GENERATE STRONG NORTH WINDS NEAR
THE BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH EXPECTED.
THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER
NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY.

WIZ039-201630-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111020T1800Z/
BROWN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREEN BAY
1020 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING OVER THE
NORTHERN FOX VALLEY...REDUCING THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

WIZ022-202330-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111021T0300Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
1020 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK BY MIDDAY...THEN GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

* NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS SHOULD BE OBSERVED 
  ALONG THE BAYSHORE. BY THIS EVENING...THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD 
  MAINLY BE CONFINED TO NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY...NEAR GILLS ROCK...
   SISTER BAY AND WASHINGTON ISLAND. 

* WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS...LEADING TO 
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

WIZ040-050-201800-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111020T1800Z/
KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
1020 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY 
  SUBSIDING. 

* NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE LAKE
  MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

* WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS...RESULTING IN 
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MPC
134 
WWUS73 KGRB 201629
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1129 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...STRONG NORTH WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN THIS
MORNING...

.A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR DETROIT WILL CONTINUE TO
LIFT NORTH TODAY. THIS LOW WILL GENERATE STRONG NORTH WINDS OVER
DOOR COUNTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50
MPH EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER KEWAUNEE AND
MANITOWOC COUNTIES THOUGH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

WIZ040-050-201730-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111020T1800Z/
KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
1129 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN
LAKESHORE THIS MORNING...SO WILL CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY. SOME
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

$$

WIZ022-210030-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111021T0300Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
1129 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK BY MIDDAY...THEN GRADUALLY 
  SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. 

* NORTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS SHOULD BE OBSERVED 
  ALONG THE BAYSHORE. BY THIS EVENING...THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD 
  MAINLY BE CONFINED TO NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY...NEAR GILLS ROCK...
   SISTER BAY AND WASHINGTON ISLAND. 

* WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS...LEADING TO 
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AND GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MPC
648 
WWUS73 KGRB 201959
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
259 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...GUSTY NORTH WINDS DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.STRONG OCCLUDED LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE
REGION INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY NORTH
WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON...AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE DOOR PENINSULA.
ALTHOUGH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING FROM SISTER BAY TO DEATHS DOOR...WILL CANCEL THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR DOOR COUNTY.

WIZ022-202100-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-111021T0300Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
259 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH
OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE DOOR PENINSULA EXCEPT AROUND THE FAR NORTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE SISTER BAY IS STILL REPORTING A 50 MPH
GUST. WILL CANCEL THE ADVISORY...BUT A FEW GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45
MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FROM SISTER BAY TO DEATHS DOOR THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING.

$$

MPC

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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.