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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

March 7, 2012Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 4:19 AM EST for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2012, 4:19 AM EST (09:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2012, 4:52 PM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2012-03-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 349 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 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.

458 
WWUS73 KAPX 070919
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
419 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORELINE TODAY...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AT
TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED.

MIZ020-025-031-071730-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0001.120307T0919Z-120307T2200Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
419 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * STRONG SOUTH WINDS GUSTING OVER 45 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED
   THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

IMPACTS...

 * TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS DUE TO THE
   GUSTY CONDITIONS.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/APX/?N=WEATHER_PREPAREDNESS (ALL LOWER
CASE) FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO KEEP YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE.

&&

$$

JPB
2 follow-up statements
246 
WWUS73 KAPX 071557
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1057 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORELINE TODAY...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AT
TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED.

MIZ020-025-031-072200-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120307T2200Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
1057 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * STRONG SOUTH WINDS GUSTING OVER 45 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE 
   EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO 
   DIMINISH. 

IMPACTS...

 * TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS DUE TO 
   THE GUSTY CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/APX/?N=WEATHER_PREPAREDNESS (ALL LOWER
CASE) FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO KEEP YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE.

&&

$$
266 
WWUS73 KAPX 072152
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
452 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012


MIZ020-025-031-072300-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120307T2200Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
452 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. HOWEVER...THERE COULD STILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

$$

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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.