Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 8, 2012, 10:53 AM EDT for 13 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2012, 10:53 AM EDT (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2012, 3:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749 WWUS73 KAPX 081453 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1053 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 MIZ016-017-019>022-025>028-031>034-082300- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.120408T1453Z-120409T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE- GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE- ROSCOMMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY... HOUGHTON LAKE 1053 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TYPE: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WIND GUSTS: TO AROUND 45 MPH. IMPACTS... * GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...IF ANY TREES OR POWER LINES ARE KNOCKED DOWN. * FIRE DANGER IS HIGH TODAY. BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. IF ANY WILDFIRES DEVELOP...THEY WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. 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. && $$ HALBLAUB
1 follow-up statement
263 WWUS73 KAPX 081939 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 339 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 MIZ016-017-019>022-025>028-031>034-082045- /O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120409T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE- GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE- ROSCOMMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY... HOUGHTON LAKE 339 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ HALBLAUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 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.