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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

April 8, 201213 counties in Michigan

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-04-08Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 3:00 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX19 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.