Alert archive / Wisconsin / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2011, 3:54 AM CST for 14 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 18, 2011, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2011, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
458 WWUS73 KMKX 180954 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 354 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TODAY. DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA...STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND SUNSHINE WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE STRONG WINDS. WEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MILWAUKEE TO BEAVER DAM TO BERLIN...INCLUDING SHEBOYGAN AND FOND DU LAC. THE WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AROUND SUNSET. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-181800- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.110218T1400Z-110219T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 354 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST BUFFETING WINDS. 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. && $$ MBK
3 follow-up statements
309 WWUS73 KMKX 181636 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1036 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MIXING THESE STRONGER WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MILWAUKEE TO BEAVER DAM TO BERLIN...INCLUDING SHEBOYGAN AND FOND DU LAC. THE WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AROUND SUNSET. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-190000- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110219T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1036 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST BUFFETING WINDS. 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. LIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$ REM
433 WWUS73 KMKX 182105 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 305 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. WEST WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MILWAUKEE TO BEAVER DAM TO BERLIN...INCLUDING SHEBOYGAN AND FOND DU LAC. THE WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AROUND SUNSET. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-190000- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110219T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 305 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST BUFFETING WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LIGHT OUTDOOR ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$ COLLAR
495 WWUS73 KMKX 190001 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 601 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...BRISK WEST WINDS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR JAMES BAY CANADA WILL WEAKEN SOMEHWAT AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS BUILDS INTO WISCONSIN. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-064>066-070>072-190115- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110219T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 601 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL STILL GUST TO 25 TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 3:40 AM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 18 hr | |
| Feb 18, 9:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 9 days |
| Feb 18, 2:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 19 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.