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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 9, 2011Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 9, 2011, 4:34 PM CST for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2011, 4:34 PM CST (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2011, 9:24 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Door County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2011-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
466 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.

325 
WWUS73 KGRB 092234
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
434 PM CST WED NOV 9 2011

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO AFFECT DOOR COUNTY THIS EVENING...

.A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVER DOOR COUNTY THIS EVENING.
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

WIZ022-100500-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0008.111109T2234Z-111110T0500Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
434 PM CST WED NOV 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING...THEN
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH.

* NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN DOOR
  COUNTY...AROUND THE GILLS ROCK AND SISTER BAY AREAS.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW AND SLICK ROADS THROUGH
  EARLY EVENING TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WIND
  AND DENSE SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME TREE DAMAGE...POSSIBLY RESULTING
  IN POWER OUTAGES IN LOCALIZED AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH
1 follow-up statement
199 
WWUS73 KGRB 100324
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
924 PM CST WED NOV 9 2011

WIZ022-100430-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-111110T0500Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
924 PM CST WED NOV 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 40 MPH OVER NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY...
AND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO.

$$
KIECKBUSCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 4:49 AM CSTGale WarningGRB17 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.