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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Duluth, MN

May 24, 2012Iron County, Price County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT for Iron County, Price County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 24, 2012, 5:51 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Iron County, WI, Price County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2012-05-24Temperature 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 2012-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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.

781 
WWUS73 KDLH 240839
NPWDLH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
339 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

WIZ004-009-241700-
/O.NEW.KDLH.WI.Y.0003.120524T1700Z-120524T2300Z/
IRON-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURLEY...PHILLIPS
339 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR IRON AND PRICE COUNTIES OF
  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND NOON...LASTING INTO
  EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH WILL OCCUR.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MELDE
3 follow-up statements
718 
WWUS73 KDLH 241610
NPWDLH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1110 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

WIZ004-009-242300-
/O.CON.KDLH.WI.Y.0003.120524T1700Z-120524T2300Z/
IRON-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURLEY...PHILLIPS
1110 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

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

* LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR IRON AND PRICE COUNTIES OF 
  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...LASTING
  INTO EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH 
  WILL OCCUR. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

DAP
940 
WWUS73 KDLH 242048
NPWDLH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
348 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...INTENSE WINDS FROM PHILLIPS TO HURLEY...

WIZ004-009-242300-
/O.CON.KDLH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120524T2300Z/
IRON-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURLEY...PHILLIPS
348 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

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

* LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS FOR IRON AND PRICE COUNTIES OF 
  NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...AT 330 PM...PHILLIPS REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO
  35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
  CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 6 PM.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

DAP
172 
WWUS73 KDLH 242251
NPWDLH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
551 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

WIZ004-009-250000-
/O.CAN.KDLH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120524T2300Z/
IRON-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURLEY...PHILLIPS
551 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR IRON AND PRICE COUNTIES. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE DURING THE EVENING. AS A
RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

DAP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer41 min
May 24, 3:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Sawyer33 min
May 24, 8:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice, Sawyer, Washburn25 min
May 24, 9:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer38 min
May 24, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield34 min
May 24, 10:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer, Washburn35 min
May 24, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas41 min
May 24, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett, Washburn33 min
May 24, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn28 min
May 24, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett28 min
May 24, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer28 min
May 24, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHBurnett, Douglas39 min
May 24, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield27 min
May 24, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Iron23 min
May 24, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas21 min
May 24, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Iron31 min
May 24, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas, Washburn24 min
May 24, 3:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHBurnett, Douglas, Washburn6 hr
May 24, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett, Washburn36 min
May 24, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Washburn39 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Washburn31 min
May 24, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice, Sawyer33 min
May 24, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield, Sawyer, Washburn42 min
May 24, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPrice45 min
May 24, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice, Sawyer41 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDLHAshland, Iron, Price, Sawyer5 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.