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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2013, 9:40 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2013, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2013, 5:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Fond du Lac County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
3 follow-up statements
273 WWUS73 KMKX 191712 CCA NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1211 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE LAKE SUPERIOR AREA TO SOUTHERN CANADA WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH IN THE SHEBOYGAN...FOND DU LAC...PORT WASHINGTON AND WEST BEND AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WIZ051-052-059-060-200100- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.130319T1711Z-130320T0100Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON 1211 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BUFFETING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE BLUSTERY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS. 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. && $$ MBK
743 WWUS73 KMKX 191927 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 227 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF LAKE HURON WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH IN THE SHEBOYGAN...FOND DU LAC...PORT WASHINGTON AND WEST BEND AREAS. THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WINDSPEEDS AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS DURING THE EVENING. WIZ051-052-059-060-200100- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130320T0100Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON 227 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...BUFFETING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE BLUSTERY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MBK
027 WWUS73 KMKX 192259 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 559 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...STRONG WEST WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING... WIZ051-052-059-060-200000- /O.CAN.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130320T0100Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON 559 PM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG WEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER...LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO REMAIN BRISK INTO THE EVENING WITH DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING TO CAUSE SPOTTY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. $$ DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:55 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 13 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.