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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2013, 4:03 PM EST for 13 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 30, 2013, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2013, 4:03 PM EST (21:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2013, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2013, 7:54 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Genesee County, MI, Huron County, MI, Lapeer County, MI, Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI, Tuscola County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
245 WWUS73 KDTX 302103 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 403 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS BY LATE EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE NEAR RECORD WARMTH PRECEDING THE FRONT ILLUSTRATES THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO BRING READINGS INTO THE TEENS TO MID 20S BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. MIZ049-054-055-061>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-310930- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.130131T0300Z-130131T1700Z/ HURON-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND- MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...CARO...SANDUSKY...FLINT... LAPEER...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR... DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 403 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WIND GUSTS INCREASING TO 45 MPH AFTER 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AND RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW COULD RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES OF ALREADY WET ROADS AND WALKWAYS. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL PRESENT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS AND THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY * POCKETS OF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 && $$ BT
3 follow-up statements
775 WWUS73 KDTX 310309 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1009 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE NEAR RECORD WARMTH PRECEDING THE FRONT ILLUSTRATES THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO BRING READINGS INTO THE TEENS TO MID 20S BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. MIZ049-054-055-061>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-311115- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T1700Z/ HURON-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND- MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...CARO...SANDUSKY...FLINT... LAPEER...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR... DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 1009 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 45 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AND RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW COULD RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES OF ALREADY WET ROADS AND WALKWAYS. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL PRESENT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS AND THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY * POCKETS OF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 && $$
740 WWUS73 KDTX 310921 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 421 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING... .A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. MIZ049-054-055-061>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-311700- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T1700Z/ HURON-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND- MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...CARO...SANDUSKY...FLINT... LAPEER...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR... DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 421 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WESTERLY WIND GUSTS WILL REACH 45 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING. * A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW ANY STANDING WATER TO RAPIDLY FREEZE. IMPACTS... * THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL PRESENT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS AND THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. * POCKETS OF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * SLICK SPOTS ON ANY UNTREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 && $$ MR
014 WWUS73 KDTX 311254 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 754 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 MIZ049-054-055-061>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-311400- /O.CAN.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130131T1700Z/ HURON-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-GENESEE-LAPEER-ST. CLAIR-LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND- MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAD AXE...CARO...SANDUSKY...FLINT... LAPEER...PORT HURON...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR... DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 754 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL GUST 30 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. IMPACTS... * WEST WINDS GUSTED BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8. && $$ MR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 4:11 AM EST | Gale Warning | DTX | 36 hr | |
| Jan 30, 4:11 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | DTX | 47 hr | |
| Jan 30, 4:51 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 39 min |
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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.