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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2015, 3:15 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 29, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2015, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2015, 4:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055 WWUS73 KAPX 290715 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 315 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2015 MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-032-292200- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0001.150329T1400Z-150329T2200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 315 AM EDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH LATE MORNING...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE WHERE OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER HAZARDS: A FAST MOVING BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED AFTER 2 PM. COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES...A PERIOD OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL...A PERIOD OF VERY LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ LAWRENCE
2 follow-up statements
415 WWUS73 KAPX 291620 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1220 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2015 MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-032-292200- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150329T2200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 1220 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE WHERE OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER HAZARDS: A FAST MOVING BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED AFTER 2 PM. COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATION UP TO 2 INCHES...A PERIOD OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL...A PERIOD OF VERY LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
327 WWUS73 KAPX 292027 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 427 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2015 MIZ016-019-020-025-026-031-032-292130- /O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150329T2200Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 427 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:29 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | APX | Antrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego | 21 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:44 AM EDT | Gale Warning | APX | 24 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.