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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Sep 19, 2012, 1:37 PM CDT for 18 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2012, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake 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, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
070 WWUS73 KMKX 191837 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 137 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ARE INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS WELL. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT. WIZ047-051-052-057>060-062>072-200200- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0007.120919T1837Z-120920T0200Z/ GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN... PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 137 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WIND WILL CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO FALL OFF TREES...AND TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ MRC/DAVIS
2 follow-up statements
697 WWUS73 KMKX 192031 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 331 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL DIMINISH AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT. WIZ047-051-052-057>060-062>072-200200- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120920T0200Z/ GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN... PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 331 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WIND WILL CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO FALL OFF TREES...AND TRASH CANS AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MRC
418 WWUS73 KMKX 200153 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 853 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS WERE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH... .A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WINDS WERE DIMINISHING BEHIND THE FRONT. EVEN AHEAD OF THE FRONT THE BRISK SOUTH WIND GUSTS WERE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WIZ047-051-052-057>060-062>072-200300- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120920T0200Z/ GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON- OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN... PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 853 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY STILL GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 11 PM. $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 11 more | 10 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.