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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 23, 2012Door County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2012, 3:45 AM CST for Door County, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 2012, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2012, 10:00 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2012-11-23Temperature 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 2012-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 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
1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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.

763 
WWUS73 KGRB 230945
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
345 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.STRONG WEST THEN NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

WIZ022-040-231745-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.121123T0945Z-121124T0000Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA
345 AM CST FRI NOV 23 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. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH
  WILL TURN NORTHWEST THIS MORNING AND GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING MAY
  BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

TH
3 follow-up statements
063 
WWUS73 KGRB 231650
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1050 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

WIZ022-040-232200-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121124T0000Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA
1050 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

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

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY LINGER INTO EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH
  WILL TURN NORTHWEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH
  ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG THE SHORE OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE
  WINDS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RESULT IN ISOLATED INTERRUPTIONS
  TO ELECTRICAL SERVICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

SKOWRONSKI
093 
WWUS73 KGRB 232024
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
224 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING...IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM.
WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING AS THE STORM PULLS
FARTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA.

WIZ022-040-240400-
/O.EXT.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121124T0400Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA
224 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  EARLY EVENING. GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG
  THE SHORE OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE
  WINDS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RESULT IN ISOLATED INTERRUPTIONS
  TO ELECTRICAL SERVICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

SKOWRONSKI
751 
WWUS73 KGRB 240355
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
955 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

WIZ022-040-240500-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121124T0400Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...ALGOMA
955 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED A BIT ACROSS DOOR AND KEWAUNEE COUNTIES...
SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY
OVERNIGHT...SO MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD STILL
USE CAUTION THERE.

$$
TSK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 9:03 PM CSTGale WarningGRB25 hr
Nov 23, 3:35 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningGRBVilas12 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.