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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Oct 30, 2012, 1:02 PM EDT for Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2012, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Huron County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 571 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 684 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029 WWUS73 KDTX 301702 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 102 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...STRONG ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... .THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THOUGH MOST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN WILL ONLY SEE GUSTS AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH...THE FAVORABLE FLOW OFF OF LAKE HURON WILL ALLOW LOCATIONS ALONG THE SHORELINE TO SEE GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE WIND FIELD WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AS SANDY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. MIZ049-055-063-310000- /O.CAN.KDTX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121030T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0006.121030T1702Z-121031T0000Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...SANDUSKY...PORT HURON 102 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. * THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE IMMEDIATE SHORELINE OF LAKE HURON. IMPACTS... * DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND SMALLER STRUCTURES WILL CONTINUE. * THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SECTIONS OF THE THUMB NEAR LAKE HURON... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN ST CLAIR COUNTY ACCORDING TO COUNTY SHERIFF. 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 && $$ MIZ047-048-053-054-060>062-068>070-075-076-082-083-301815- /O.CAN.KDTX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121030T1700Z/ MIDLAND-BAY-SAGINAW-TUSCOLA-SHIAWASSEE-GENESEE-LAPEER-LIVINGSTON- OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDLAND...BAY CITY...SAGINAW...CARO... OWOSSO...FLINT...LAPEER...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR... DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 102 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8. && $$
1 follow-up statement
094 WWUS73 KDTX 302357 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 757 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 MIZ049-055-063-310100- /O.EXP.KDTX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...SANDUSKY...PORT HURON 757 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * NORTHERLY WINDS WHERE SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH NEAR THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8. && $$ DG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 10:13 AM EDT | Gale Warning | DTX | 10 hr | |
| Oct 30, 7:57 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 4 days |
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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.