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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 11, 2012Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2012, 4:53 AM CST for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2012, 4:53 AM CST (10:53 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 11, 2012, 3:07 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 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 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 322 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
472 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.

535 
WWUS73 KGRB 111053
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
453 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKESHORE TODAY AND EARLY
TONIGHT...

.STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
TODAY. GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES...
STARTING LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS.

WIZ022-040-050-111900-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0006.121111T1600Z-121112T0200Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
453 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND
  CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

* SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH.

* WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE...AND MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH
1 follow-up statement
573 
WWUS73 KGRB 112107
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
307 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MANITOWOC...KEWAUNEE AND
DOOR COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED. WINDS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WILL
LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE THEM TO SHIFT TO WEST AND
DIMINISH LATER TODAY.

WIZ022-040-050-112215-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-121112T0200Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA...TWO RIVERS
307 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED...

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

WINDS WERE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO
WEST AND DIMINISH LATER TODAY.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 4:48 AM CSTGale WarningGRB16 hr
Nov 11, 4:48 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB72 min

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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.