Alert archive / Wisconsin / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 3:50 AM CST for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 7, 2012, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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 187 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
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
2 follow-up statements
173 WWUS73 KMKX 071621 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1021 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND STRONG WINDS IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS REACHING THE SURFACE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH FOR A TIME. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS TO EXPERIENCE THESE STRONG WINDS ARE THE MILWAUKEE...WAUKESHA...DELAVEN...RACINE...KENOSHA...MUSKEGO AND BURLINGTON AREAS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SURFACE COLD FRONT. WIZ065-066-070>072-072200- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120307T2200Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1021 AM CST WED MAR 7 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...STRONG WINDS WILL BE UNTIL ABOUT 2 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. HIGHEST MEASURED SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS SO FAR INCLUDE 30 MPH/43 MPH AT RACINE...29 MPH/40 MPH AT KENOSHA...AND 26 MPH/36 MPH AT MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL. OTHER MEASURED GUSTS INCLUDE 45 MPH AT LAKE GENEVA AND TWIN LAKES...44 MPH AT ST FRANCIS...41 MPH AT ELKHORN...38 MPH AT MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN... 37 MPH AT WAUKESHA * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL EXPERIENCE BUFFETING WHILE DRIVING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTATED ROADS. 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. && $$ CRAVEN
916 WWUS73 KMKX 072148 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 348 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DIMINISHING... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ENDED BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WIZ065-066-070>072-072300- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120307T2200Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 348 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAVE DECREASED AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING HOURS. $$ CRAVEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:07 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 47 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.