Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2011, 3:25 PM EST for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 3, 2011, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2011, 3:25 PM EST (20:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
126 WWUS73 KMQT 022025 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 325 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO ONTARIO WILL BRING WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH TO KEWEENAW AND NORTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTIES. EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. MIZ001-003-030430- /O.NEW.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.110203T0900Z-110204T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 325 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES...RESULTING IN SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TITUS
4 follow-up statements
388 WWUS73 KMQT 030331 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1031 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO ONTARIO WILL BRING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH TO KEWEENAW AND NORTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTIES. EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. MIZ001-003-031145- /O.CON.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.110203T0900Z-110204T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1031 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR THE SHORE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. IMPACTS... * STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES...RESULTING IN SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLB
564 WWUS73 KMQT 030929 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 429 AM EST THU FEB 3 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA... .BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN...IN BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...AS THE LOW PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH EXITS INTO QUEBEC. MIZ001-003-031930- /O.CON.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 429 AM EST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH TODAY...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE FROM FREDA THROUGH COPPER HARBOR...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS... * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES...RESULTING IN SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KF
641 WWUS73 KMQT 031728 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1228 PM EST THU FEB 3 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA... .EXPECT BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN...IN BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...AS THE LOW PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH EXITS INTO QUEBEC. MIZ001-003-040000- /O.CON.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1228 PM EST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH TODAY... PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE FROM FREDA THROUGH COPPER HARBOR...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS... * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE... REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES...RESULTING IN SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TITUS
053 WWUS73 KMQT 032055 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 355 PM EST THU FEB 3 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA... .EXPECT BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN...IN BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS SOME LIGHT SNOW FALL OVER THE AREA. THESE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...AS THE LOW PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH EXITS INTO QUEBEC. MIZ001-003-040000- /O.CON.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 355 PM EST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH TODAY... PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE FROM FREDA THROUGH COPPER HARBOR...AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS... * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREE BRANCHES...RESULTING IN SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TITUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 4:03 AM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 44 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.