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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2012, 4:05 AM EDT for 22 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2012, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
All 22 counties
Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Kalkaska County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KAPX 160805 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 405 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. MIZ016-019>021-025-031-161615- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.120416T0805Z-120417T0200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 405 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...AND SHIFT INTO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL THEN BECOME NORTHWEST THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS CAN BE EXPECTED. * SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ MIZ017-018-022>024-026>030-032>036-041-042-161615- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.120416T1200Z-120417T0200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-GRAND TRAVERSE- KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD... ATLANTA...ALPENA...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 405 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...AND SHIFT INTO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL THEN BECOME NORTHWEST THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS CAN BE EXPECTED. * SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/APX/?N=WEATHER_PREPAREDNESS (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
238 WWUS73 KAPX 161412 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1012 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .EXPECT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SLIDES EAST OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. MIZ016-019>021-025-031-162215- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 1012 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS * LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED STRETCHES OF THE HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MIZ017-018-022>024-026>030-032>036-041-042-162215- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-GRAND TRAVERSE- KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD... ATLANTA...ALPENA...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1012 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS * LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED STRETCHES OF THE HIGHWAY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
990 WWUS73 KAPX 161704 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 104 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .EXPECT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SLIDES EAST OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. MIZ008-170115- /O.EXB.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.120416T2100Z-120417T0200Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 104 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS * LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED STRETCHES OF THE HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MIZ016>036-041-042-170115- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 104 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS * LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED STRETCHES OF THE HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JK
685 WWUS73 KAPX 161940 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 340 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .EXPECT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SLIDES EAST OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. MIZ008-170200- /O.EXT.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.120416T1940Z-120417T0200Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 340 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS * LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED STRETCHES OF THE HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MIZ016>036-041-042-170200- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN- ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 340 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS * LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED STRETCHES OF THE HIGHWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JK
742 WWUS73 KAPX 170224 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1024 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 MIZ008-016>036-041-042-170330- /O.EXP.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0200Z/ CHIPPEWA-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM- OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD- OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO- GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...PETOSKEY... CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC... LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN... STANDISH 1024 PM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 30 MPH INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:56 PM EDT | Gale Warning | APX | 33 hr | |
| Apr 15, 10:56 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 14 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.