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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

November 18, 2013Cheboygan County, Emmet County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2013, 4:09 AM EST for Cheboygan County, Emmet County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 18, 2013, 4:09 AM EST (09:09 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 6 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.

798 
WWUS73 KAPX 180909
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
409 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

...A MAJOR FALL STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT NORTHERN MICHIGAN...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST AWAY
FROM MICHIGAN TODAY...ALLOWING THE WINDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH.

MIZ016>019-181500-
/O.CAN.KAPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-131118T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0007.131118T0909Z-131118T1500Z/
EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...
CHARLEVOIX
409 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE
   COMMON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKES MICHIGAN AND HURON
   SHORELINES. 

IMPACTS...

 * TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

 * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTIES DRIVING.

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 
   AND TWITTER. 

&&

$$

MIZ020>036-041-042-181015-
/O.CAN.KAPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-131118T1200Z/
LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-
KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-
ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...
ATLANTA...ALPENA...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...
GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE...CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...
HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
409 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

$$

MIZ008-015-181500-
/O.CON.KAPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-131118T1500Z/
CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE
409 AM EST MON NOV 18 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON...
    WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY 
   ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR AND WHITEFISH BAY SHORELINES. 

IMPACTS...

 * TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

 * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE DIFFICULTIES DRIVING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS 
   EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THESE WINDS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY 
   DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE DIFFICULT. 

 * WE WELCOME WIND GUST OR DAMAGE REPORTS AT 1-800-647-8676 OR 
   ONLINE VIA FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. 

&&

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 18, 12:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	APX	Chippewa	11 hr
Nov 18, 3:58 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	APX		3 hr
Nov 18, 4:20 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	APX		17 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.