Alert archive / Wisconsin / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Oct 4, 2012, 3:12 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2012, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2012, 4:06 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
County Door County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
362 WWUS73 KGRB 042012 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 312 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS DOOR COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO CANADA TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WIZ022-050415- /O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.121004T2012Z-121005T1500Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 312 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SINCE MOST TREES STILL HAVE LEAVES ON THEM... THE STRONG STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ECKBERG
2 follow-up statements
458 WWUS73 KGRB 050219 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 919 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER DOOR COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... .A STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENING NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL PRODUCE STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER DOOR COUNTY AND SURROUNDING WATERS. WIZ022-051030- /O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121005T1500Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 919 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SINCE MOST TREES STILL HAVE LEAVES ON THEM...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
331 WWUS73 KGRB 050906 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 406 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 WIZ022-051015- /O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121005T1500Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 406 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE STILL ANTICIPATED ACROSS PARTS OF DOOR COUNTY TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A WIND ADVISORY. $$ TSK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Gale Warning | GRB | 13 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.