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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

February 21, 20146 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2014, 4:11 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 21, 2014, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2014, 4:11 AM EST (09:11 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2014, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 21, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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 130 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-02-21Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 445 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
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
642 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.

305 
WWUS73 KAPX 210911
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
411 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014


MIZ024-030-035-036-041-042-211700-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.140221T1500Z-140222T0000Z/
ALPENA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
411 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON LATER
   THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
   45 MPH.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND RESULT IN
   SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

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. 

&&

$$

ADAM
3 follow-up statements
901 
WWUS73 KAPX 211456
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
956 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

MIZ024-030-035-036-041-042-220000-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.140221T1500Z-140222T0000Z/
ALPENA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
956 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH
   THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND RESULT IN 
   SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 

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. 

&&

$$
692 
WWUS73 KAPX 212125
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
425 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

MIZ024-030-035-036-041-042-220000-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/
ALPENA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
425 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON
   THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
   45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE
   HURON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND RESULT IN 
   SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 

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. 

&&

$$
103 
WWUS73 KAPX 212357
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
657 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014


MIZ024-030-035-036-041-042-220100-
/O.EXP.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/
ALPENA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALPENA...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
657 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

BLUSTERY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT GUSTS
WILL BE LESS THAN 45 MPH.

$$

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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.