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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Detroit, MI

March 7, 20124 counties in Michigan

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-03-07Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 486 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.