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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Detroit, MI

April 16, 201217 counties in Michigan

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 3:47 AM EDTGale WarningDTX24 hr
Apr 16, 5:05 PM EDTLow Water AdvisoryDTX11 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012

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.