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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 11:25 AM EST for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 11:25 AM EST (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 486 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 624 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
431 WWUS73 KDTX 071625 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1125 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE RESULT OF STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS WILL DIE DOWN THIS EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING CEASES. MIZ075-076-082-083-080000- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0003.120307T1625Z-120308T0000Z/ WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 1125 AM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * WIND GUSTS ARE ALREADY APPROACHING 40 MPH AND SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG MAY BRING DOWN SOME SMALL LIMBS AND MAY CAUSE LAWN FURNITURE TO BLOW AROUND. * DRIVING HIGH PROVIDE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 && $$ SC
1 follow-up statement
080 WWUS73 KDTX 072346 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 646 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 MIZ075-076-082-083-080100- /O.EXP.KDTX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 646 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE EVENING. IMPACTS... * PEAK WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH WERE OBSERVED DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THE HIGHEST GUST OF 49 MPH NOTED AT DETROIT METRO AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8. && $$
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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.