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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2011Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Jun 1, 2011, 3:48 AM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2011, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

860 
WWUS73 KMKX 010848
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
348 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...

.STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS ROTATING AROUND DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER
SOUTHERN CANADA WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE OVER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY
TODAY. WEST WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO 35 TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SHEBOYGAN
COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM CDT.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE GREAT LAKES. 

WIZ052-011700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.110601T0848Z-110601T2100Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN
348 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE...BETWEEN
  7 AM CDT AND 9 AM CDT.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF
  35 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN LOOSE OR WEAK TREE
  BRANCHES.  OUTDOOR DISPLAYS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE GUSTY 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
2 follow-up statements
573 
WWUS73 KMKX 011543
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1043 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...STRONG WINDS OVER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY TODAY...

.STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS ROTATING AROUND DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER
SOUTHERN CANADA WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE OVER SHEBOYGAN
COUNTY TODAY. WEST WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM CDT.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE GREAT
LAKES.

WIZ052-012100-
/O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110601T2100Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN
1043 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONG WEST WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN LOOSE OR WEAK TREE 
  BRANCHES. OUTDOOR DISPLAYS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE GUSTY 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.

&&

$$
MRC
352 
WWUS73 KMKX 012043
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
343 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP LOW PRESSURE
OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WILL RELAX OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL
DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WIZ052-012145-
/O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110601T2100Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN
343 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY EARLY EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

MRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:03 AM CDTGale WarningMKX13 hr
Jun 1, 4:03 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX16 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.