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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

January 19, 20134 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Jan 19, 2013, 11:58 PM EST for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2013, 11:58 PM EST (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Jan 20, 2013, 8:00 AM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Arenac County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-01-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

394 
WWUS73 KAPX 200458
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1158 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2013

...STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR NORTHERN LAKE HURON WAS CONTRIBUTING TO
STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING EAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. WIND GUSTS TO
AROUND 45 MPH WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN.

MIZ035-036-041-042-201300-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.130120T0458Z-130120T1300Z/
OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...
STANDISH
1158 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST SUNDAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND ISOLATED POWER
   OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
   HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TO LEARN MORE...
   VISIT US ONLINE AT WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD OR FIND US ON 
   FACEBOOK. 

&&

$$

JZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 3:54 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryAPXAntrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse and 5 more49 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.