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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

February 10, 201320 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Feb 10, 2013, 8:51 PM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 11, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2013, 8:51 PM CST (02:51 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2013, 4:00 PM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2013-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2013-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 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.

161 
WWUS73 KMKX 110251
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
851 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...

.STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT WEST AS LOW PRESSURE
MOVES FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT
AND MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-111100-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.130211T0600Z-130211T2100Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
851 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM
CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS...WITH ADVISORY
  LEVEL WIND GUSTS WILL MOVE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
  WISCONSIN AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT...AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BETWEEN
  12 MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30
  MPH AND SHIFTING WEST OVERNIGHT...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS WILL
  BREAK TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...WHICH CAN KNOCK DOWN POWER
  LINES.

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 WHEN TRAVELING. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS AND
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

REM
4 follow-up statements
102 
WWUS73 KMKX 110950
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
350 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...STRONG WEST WINDS TODAY...

.STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...AS A STRONG SURFACE
LOW MOVES ACROSS THE SAULT STE MARIE MICHIGAN AREA. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
MPH.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-111800-
/O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2100Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
350 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING 
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS 
  WILL BREAK TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...WHICH CAN KNOCK DOWN 
  POWER LINES. 

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 WHEN TRAVELING. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS
AND LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$

HENTZ
125 
WWUS73 KMKX 111617
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1017 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...STRONG WEST WINDS TODAY...

.STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...AS A STRONG SURFACE
LOW MOVES ACROSS THE SAULT STE MARIE MICHIGAN AREA. THE HIGHEST
GUSTS WILL BE TOWARD THE ILLINOIS BORDER AND ALSO IN THE EAST
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL EASE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-112100-
/O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2100Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
1017 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UNTIL MID AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING 
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS 
  WILL BREAK TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...WHICH CAN KNOCK DOWN 
  POWER LINES. 

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 WHEN TRAVELING. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS
AND LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$
DDV
292 
WWUS73 KMKX 111811
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1211 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN...

.STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN FORECAST AREA...AS A STRONG SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE
SAULT STE MARIE MICHIGAN AREA. WINDS FARTHER NORTHWEST REMAIN
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...THUS THE ADVISORY IS BEING
CANCELLED FOR THOSE LOCATIONS.

WIZ046-047-051-056>058-063-064-111915-
/O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2100Z/
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-DANE-
JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...MADISON...
JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS
1211 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND ADVISORY. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 35 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THOUGH IT WILL BE
FAIRLY BREEZY...WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EASE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

$$

WIZ052-059-060-062-065>072-112200-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2200Z/
SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-
GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...
MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
1211 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
  MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO EASE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING 
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS 
  WILL BREAK TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES...WHICH CAN KNOCK DOWN 
  POWER LINES. 

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 WHEN TRAVELING. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS
AND LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

$$
DDV
150 
WWUS73 KMKX 112144
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
344 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WINDS SLOWLY EASING LATE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...

.WINDS ARE MOSTLY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL CONTINUE TO EASE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A FEW
HIGHER GUSTS AREA STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY TOWARD FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

WIZ052-059-060-062-065>072-112245-
/O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T2200Z/
SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE-
GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...
MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
344 PM CST MON FEB 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS SLOWLY EASING THROUGH
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS ARE MAINLY BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA AT THIS TIME...THUS THE ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

$$
DDV

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 10:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMKXSheboygan29 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.