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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 15, 2011Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2011, 2:04 PM CST for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 15, 2011, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2011, 2:04 PM CST (20:04 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 15, 2011, 10:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 16, 2011, 6:12 AM CST
In force
8 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 20:05 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, 8.1 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 2011-11-15Temperature 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 2011-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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.

012 
WWUS73 KGRB 152004
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
204 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011

.STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS DOOR COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO LATE TONIGHT. AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM
THE AREA...STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS DOOR
COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

WIZ022-160415-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0009.111116T0400Z-111116T1500Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
204 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BAY OF
  GREEN BAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BREAK
  SOME TREE BRANCHES AND COULD CAUSE SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
ECKBERG
3 follow-up statements
210 
WWUS73 KGRB 160341
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
941 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011

.STRONG WEST WINDS WILL ARRIVE IN DOOR COUNTY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE 
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO LATE
TONIGHT. AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA...STRONG WEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS DOOR COUNTY TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WIZ022-161145-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0009.111116T0400Z-111116T1500Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
941 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH 
  ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BAY 
  OF GREEN BAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG 
  WINDS MAY BREAK SOME TREE BRANCHES AND COULD CAUSE SOME 
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$
152 
WWUS73 KGRB 161028
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
428 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

.A PERIOD OF GUSTY WEST WINDS THIS MORNING OVER DOOR COUNTY...

.A PERIOD OF GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AS A 
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES
REGION. 

WIZ022-161500-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111116T1500Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
428 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...A PERIOD OF GUSTY WEST WINDS IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 45
  MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BAY
  OF GREEN BAY.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONG 
  WINDS MAY BREAK SOME TREE BRANCHES AND COULD CAUSE SOME 
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

TH
725 
WWUS73 KGRB 161212
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
612 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING...

.GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER DOOR
COUNTY...HOWEVER CONDITIONS FOR GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR GREATER HAVE 
DIMINISHED.

WIZ022-161315-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-111116T1500Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
612 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

A PERIOD OF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED.

$$

TH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 10:15 AM CSTGale WarningGRB23 hr
Nov 15, 10:15 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB35 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.