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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

March 10, 2012Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2012, 4:13 AM EST for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 10, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2012, 4:13 AM EST (09:13 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 10, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
In force
11 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 09:18 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, 9.2 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 2012-03-10Temperature 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 2012-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

329 
WWUS73 KAPX 100913
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
413 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

...ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS TODAY...

BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER CANADA AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EAST
COAST...CORE OF VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. SOME WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...MAINLY FROM LEELANAU
COUNTY SOUTHWARD. GUSTS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

MIZ020-025-031-101700-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.120310T1200Z-120310T2300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
413 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * STRONG SOUTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS
   AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

ADAM
2 follow-up statements
884 
WWUS73 KAPX 101607
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1107 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING...

BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER CANADA AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EAST
COAST...A CORE OF VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
LOWER MICHIGAN TODAY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG
THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...MAINLY FROM LEELANAU COUNTY
SOUTHWARD. GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

MIZ020-025-031-102300-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120310T2300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
1107 AM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * STRONG SOUTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS 
   AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$
298 
WWUS73 KAPX 102105
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
405 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE ALONG THE COASTLINE...

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTLINE OF
LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON....MAINLY FROM LEELANAU
COUNTY SOUTHWARD. GUSTS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS EVENING.

MIZ020-025-031-102300-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120310T2300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
405 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * STRONG SOUTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS 
   AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 4:58 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX4 days
Mar 10, 4:58 AM ESTStorm WarningAPX16 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.