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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Gaylord, MI

November 23, 2012Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2012, 4:21 AM EST for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 2012, 4:21 AM EST (09:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2012, 4:22 PM EST
In force
12 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 09:21 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, 9.4 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 2012-11-23Temperature 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 2012-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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.

555 
WWUS73 KAPX 230921
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
421 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN COAST...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH TODAY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
LAKE MICHIGAN COAST TODAY. THESE WINDS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS WELL AS BRINGING DOWN SMALL
BRANCHES AND CREATING LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...AREAS
OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE AT
TIMES. 

MIZ020-025-031-231730-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0009.121123T0921Z-121124T0100Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
421 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING
   ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKE MICHIGAN COAST.  

 * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES
   POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.   

IMPACTS...

 * DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON
   NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.  

 * GUSTY WINDS WILL BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES. 

 * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
   HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TO LEARN MORE...
   VISIT US ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD OR FIND US ON 
   FACEBOOK. 

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
140 
WWUS73 KAPX 231651
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1151 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN COAST...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH TODAY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
LAKE MICHIGAN COAST TODAY. THESE WINDS MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT
TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS WELL AS BRINGING DOWN SMALL
BRANCHES AND CREATING LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES
POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

MIZ020-025-031-240100-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121124T0100Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
1151 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS 
   EVENING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKE MICHIGAN COAST. 

 * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES 
   POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. 

IMPACTS...

 * DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON 
   NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 

 * GUSTY WINDS WILL BRING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES.

 * ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
   HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TO LEARN MORE... 
   VISIT US ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD OR FIND US ON 
   FACEBOOK. 

&&

$$
640 
WWUS73 KAPX 232122
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
422 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012


MIZ020-025-031-232230-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121124T0100Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
422 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY...IT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 4:19 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAPXAntrim, Benzie, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and 4 more30 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.