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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 8, 2012Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Oct 8, 2012, 7:28 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 8, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2012, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 8, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2012, 5:13 AM CDT
In force
16 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 12:30 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, 0.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-10-08Temperature 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 2012-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 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.

574 
WWUS73 KGRB 081228
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
728 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
INTO ONTARIO WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO
DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE SHORELINE AREAS OF DOOR
COUNTY.

WIZ022-082030-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.121008T1800Z-121009T1200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
728 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM
CDT TUESDAY. 

* STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY
  TODAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT.

* SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH ALONG THE SHORELINE AREAS OF DOOR COUNTY.
  THE WINDS SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AT INTERIOR LOCATIONS OF THE
  COUNTY.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$
TSK
3 follow-up statements
466 
WWUS73 KGRB 082003
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
303 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA TO
SOUTH-CENTRAL ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STRONG SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT. GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE SHORELINE AREAS OF DOOR COUNTY.

WIZ022-090400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121009T1200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
303 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF
  TONIGHT.

* SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  ALONG THE SHORELINE AREAS OF DOOR COUNTY. THE WINDS SHOULD NOT
  BE AS STRONG AT INTERIOR LOCATIONS OF THE COUNTY.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$

AK
372 
WWUS73 KGRB 090236
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
936 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO
WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT.
GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG SHORELINE AREAS.

WIZ022-091000-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121009T1200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
936 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF 
  TONIGHT. 

* SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  ALONG THE SHORELINE AREAS OF DOOR COUNTY. THE WINDS SHOULD NOT
  BE AS STRONG AT INTERIOR LOCATIONS OF THE COUNTY.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN ALSO CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$

SKOWRONSKI
385 
WWUS73 KGRB 091013
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
513 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2012

...STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING...

.THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT HAD
DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DO SO.

WIZ022-091115-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121009T1200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY
513 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY MIDDAY.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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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.