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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Jun 18, 2012, 3:40 AM CDT for 14 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 18, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2012, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 18, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960 WWUS73 KMKX 180840 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 340 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING...WILL TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS LIKELY REACHING 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY BY EARLY EVENING. WIZ058>060-062>072-181645- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.120618T1800Z-120619T0000Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 340 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. LIGHT OBJECTS AROUND THE YARD WILL BE TOSSED ABOUT QUITE EASILY. SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
275 WWUS73 KMKX 181658 AAA NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS LIKELY REACHING 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY BY EARLY EVENING. WIZ058>060-062>072-190000- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.120618T1800Z-120619T0000Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1158 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DRIVING LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. LIGHT OBJECTS AROUND THE YARD WILL BE TOSSED ABOUT QUITE EASILY. SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MRC
398 WWUS73 KMKX 182330 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 630 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING... .THE WINDS WERE DIMINISHING AS WE APPROACH EARLY EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF AFTERNOON HEATING. AS A RESULT THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIZ058>060-062>072-190030- /O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120619T0000Z/ DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 630 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS WERE DIMINISHING AS WE APPROACH EARLY EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF AFTERNOON HEATING. AS A RESULT THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 3:32 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 15 hr | |
| Jun 18, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 18, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 98 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.