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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

March 10, 20127 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2012, 9:06 AM CST for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2012, 9:06 AM CST (15:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2012, 2:42 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-03-10Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 825 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
825 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1105 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.

468 
WWUS73 KGRB 101506
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
906 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY...

.SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AS THEY
BECOME MORE SOUTHWEST. THE WIND SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND
SUNSET.

WIZ022-038>040-048>050-102315-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0001.120310T1506Z-120311T0000Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
906 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE MORNING.

* WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE CAN
  BE EXPECTED.

* LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. DRIVING MAY BE
  DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER OR GUSTS REACH AT LEAST 45 MPH. IF YOU ARE
DRIVING THROUGH THE REGION...BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

&&

$$

MG
1 follow-up statement
296 
WWUS73 KGRB 102042
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
242 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

.WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

WIZ022-038>040-048>050-102145-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120311T0000Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...
ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
242 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL LINGER ALONG THE LAKE SHORE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. 

$$

MG/TH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 3:35 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB11 hr

Nearby

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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.