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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Feb 26, 2012, 3:44 AM CST for 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2012, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 3:25 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 33 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WWUS73 KMKX 260944 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 344 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...REACHING THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. A LOW LEVEL INVERSION WILL INITIALLY KEEP THE WINDS IN CHECK FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING. THE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. BRISK WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WIZ060-065-066-069>072-261745- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.120226T1700Z-120226T2200Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 344 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TOWARD NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HENTZ
2 follow-up statements
629 WWUS73 KMKX 261555 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 955 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY WILL REACH THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. BRISK WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY AS THE LOW MOVES OUT OF THE REGION. WIZ052-262200- /O.EXA.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.120226T1700Z-120226T2200Z/ SHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SHEBOYGAN 955 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGEST BY LATE MORNING...THEN SHIFT SOUTH AND PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH... ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WIZ060-065-066-069>072-262200- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.120226T1700Z-120226T2200Z/ OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 955 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGEST BY LATE MORNING...THEN SHIFT SOUTH AND PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MRC
473 WWUS73 KMKX 262125 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 325 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND GUSTS DIMINISHING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL REACH NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AND CROSS THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT SOUTHWEST TO WEST OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE NORTH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BRISK THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. WIZ052-060-065-066-069>072-262230- /O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120226T2200Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 325 PM CST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS AND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST...BUT REMAIN BRISK THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. $$ MRC
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.