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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 4:17 AM EDT for 12 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 24, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Iron County, MI, Luce County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 2957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
248 WWUS73 KMQT 240817 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 417 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...VERY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .AS A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT A GUSTY SOUTH WIND AS HIGH AS 45 MPH TO DEVELOP OVER THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FOR A TIME EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST FOLLOWING A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT. MIZ002-004-005-009>011-084-241700- /O.NEW.KMQT.WI.Y.0004.120524T1700Z-120525T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...GWINN... MARQUETTE...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN...KENTON... SIDNAW 417 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 /317 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT /NOON CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY IN AREAS NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE AND IN OPEN SPACES ACROSS THE INTERIOR. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AROUND EASILY. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS...LEADING TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KC
1 follow-up statement
099 WWUS73 KMQT 241525 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1125 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...VERY GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .AS A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT A GUSTY SOUTH WIND AS HIGH AS 45 MPH TO DEVELOP OVER THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FOR A TIME EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST FOLLOWING A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT. MIZ006-007-012>014-085-250000- /O.EXA.KMQT.WI.Y.0004.120524T1700Z-120525T0000Z/ ALGER-LUCE-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 1125 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 /1025 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY IN AREAS AWAY FROM THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AROUND EASILY. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS...LEADING TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POSSIBLY FIRES NEAR POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-004-005-009>011-084-250000- /O.CON.KMQT.WI.Y.0004.120524T1700Z-120525T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...L'ANSE...GWINN... MARQUETTE...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN...KENTON... SIDNAW 1125 AM EDT THU MAY 24 2012 /1025 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY IN AREAS NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE AND IN OPEN SPACES ACROSS THE INTERIOR. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AROUND EASILY. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. * THE STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS...LEADING TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POSSIBLY FIRES NEAR POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TITUS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:29 AM EDT | Gale Watch | MQT | 17 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.