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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

November 17, 201312 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2013, 4:00 AM CST for 12 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 17, 2013, 5:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2013, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2013, 5:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 18, 2013, 2:00 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2013-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2013-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 555 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
458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
555 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
561 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.

359 
WWUS73 KMKX 171000
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
400 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM IOWA TO EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BEFORE INTENSIFYING AS IT REACHES THE SAULT STE MARIE 
AREA THIS EVENING. BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL GIVE
WAY TO STRONG WEST WINDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BEHIND A
COLD FRONT. 

WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-069>072-171800-
/O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.131117T2200Z-131118T0600Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-
MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
400 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 


* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME
  WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH
  BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT.

* IMPACTS...BE CERTAIN THAT ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH
  WINDS ARE SECURED. WINDS MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

HENTZ
3 follow-up statements
533 
WWUS73 KMKX 171629
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1029 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM IOWA TO EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN BEFORE INTENSIFYING AS IT REACHES THE SAULT STE MARIE
AREA THIS EVENING. BREEZY SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL GIVE
WAY TO STRONG WEST WINDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BEHIND
A COLD FRONT.

WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-069>072-180030-
/O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.131117T2200Z-131118T0600Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-
MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
1029 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME 
  WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 
  MPH BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. 

* IMPACTS...BE CERTAIN THAT ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH 
  WINDS ARE SECURED. WINDS MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$
DDV
782 
WWUS73 KMKX 172154
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
354 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT
REACHES THE SAULT STE MARIE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BRING
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
TONIGHT.

WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-069>072-180600-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.131117T2300Z-131118T0800Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-
MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
354 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
  HIGH AS 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...BE CERTAIN THAT ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH 
  WINDS ARE SECURED. WINDS MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$
DDV
925 
WWUS73 KMKX 180406
NPWMKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1006 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...STRONG WEST WINDS TO EASE A BIT TONIGHT...

.THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG
WESTERLY WINDS INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE WINDS WILL
SLOWLY EASE OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW PULLS AWAY.

WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-069>072-180800-
/O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131118T0800Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-
MILWAUKEE-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...
BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...
LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
1006 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...UNTIL THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS...WESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
  MPH...EASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...BE CERTAIN THAT ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH 
  WINDS ARE SECURED. WINDS MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$
REM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 6:04 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXSauk3 hr
Nov 17, 9:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane, Rock23 min
Nov 17, 9:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge30 min
Nov 17, 9:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge52 min
Nov 17, 9:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth42 min
Nov 17, 9:56 AM CSTTornado WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth34 min
Nov 17, 10:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington27 min
Nov 17, 10:13 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMKX62 min
Nov 17, 10:23 AM CSTTornado WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth52 min
Nov 17, 10:29 AM CSTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine, Waukesha31 min
Nov 17, 10:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington43 min
Nov 17, 10:37 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMKX53 min
Nov 17, 10:55 AM CSTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine35 min
Nov 17, 11:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth15 min
Nov 17, 11:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWaukesha36 min
Nov 17, 11:29 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMKX46 min
Nov 17, 11:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth44 min
Nov 17, 12:15 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMKX30 min
Nov 17, 12:21 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha3 hr
Nov 17, 12:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXMilwaukee34 min
Nov 17, 1:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMKXKenosha53 min
Nov 17, 1:30 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXKenosha, Racine3 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.