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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2012, 3:47 AM EDT for 17 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 16, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2012, 3:47 AM EDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Bay County, MI, Genesee County, MI, Huron County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Midland County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Shiawassee County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773 WWUS73 KDTX 160747 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 347 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR MORE AS A COLD FRONT PROGRESSES INTO THE AREA. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-161615- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0004.120416T1500Z-120417T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 347 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR MORE. * WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST BY MID MORNING AND INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON. 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... * 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 && $$ DG
1 follow-up statement
572 WWUS73 KDTX 161545 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1145 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-170000- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120417T0000Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-HURON-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE- LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE- LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...BAD AXE... SAGINAW...CARO...SANDUSKY...OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER... PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT... ADRIAN...MONROE 1145 AM EDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. IMPACTS... * DOWNED TREE LIMBS CAN BE EXPECTED. * SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. * LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:47 AM EDT | Gale Warning | DTX | 24 hr | |
| Apr 16, 5:05 PM EDT | Low Water Advisory | DTX | 11 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.