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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2012, 3:51 AM CST for 15 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2012, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 472 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
637 WWUS73 KMKX 110951 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 351 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED JUST AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AND SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT. WIZ051-057-058-063-064-068-069-111700- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0009.121111T1600Z-121112T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DODGE-DANE-JEFFERSON-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 351 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING IN THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS SHIFTING ABRUPTLY TO WEST AND DIMINISHING TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST TO EAST ROUTES WILL BE BUFFETED BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ CRAVEN WIZ052-059-060-065-066-070>072-111700- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0009.121111T1600Z-121112T0200Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 351 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. COUPLE LOCATIONS GUSTING TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. WINDS SHIFTING ABRUPTLY TO WEST AND DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST TO EAST ROUTES WILL BE BUFFETED BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CRAVEN
3 follow-up statements
466 WWUS73 KMKX 111636 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1036 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED JUST AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AND SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND THE FRONT. WIZ051-057-058-063-064-068-069-120000- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121112T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DODGE-DANE-JEFFERSON-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 1036 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING IN THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS SHIFTING ABRUPTLY TO WEST AND DIMINISHING TOWARD EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST TO EAST ROUTES WILL BE BUFFETED BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ WIZ052-059-060-065-066-070>072-120045- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121112T0200Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE- KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1036 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS SHIFTING ABRUPTLY TO WEST AND DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST TO EAST ROUTES WILL BE BUFFETED BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WOOD
370 WWUS73 KMKX 111934 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 134 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST... .THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN TRIMMED TO JUST THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WISCONSIN. THE ARRIVAL OF THE CLOUDS AND RAIN FROM THE WEST IS HELPING TO SUPPRESS THE STRONGER WINDS...IN ADDITION TO A SLOWLY WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WE HAVE LEFT RACINE/KENOSHA/MILWAUKEE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES IN THE ADVISORY DUE TO THE CONTINUED STRONG WINDS THERE. THE ADVISORY NOW EXPIRES AT 6 PM INSTEAD OF 8 PM. WIZ051-057-058-063-064-068-069-112045- /O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121112T0000Z/ FOND DU LAC-COLUMBIA-DODGE-DANE-JEFFERSON-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 134 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF CLOUDS...RAIN AND A WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH THE APPROACHING OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE STILL QUITE GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH HOWEVER. $$ WIZ052-059-060-065-112045- /O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121112T0200Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD 134 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF CLOUDS...RAIN AND A WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH THE APPROACHING OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE STILL QUITE GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH HOWEVER. $$ WIZ066-070>072-120000- /O.EXT.KMKX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121112T0000Z/ MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 134 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS SHIFTING ABRUPTLY TO WEST AND DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN AROUND. LIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON WEST TO EAST ROUTES WILL BE BUFFETED BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$
542 WWUS73 KMKX 120004 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 604 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT... .A COLD FRONT HAS EXITED SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AS WAS OVER WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT.. WIZ066-070>072-120115- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121112T0000Z/ MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA... RACINE...KENOSHA 604 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A COLD FRONT HAS EXITED SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AS WAS OVER WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE FRONT. BREEZY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG WITH SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT. $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:13 PM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 24 hr |
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.