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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

April 10, 20155 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2015, 3:06 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 10, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2015, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

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

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2015-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 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
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 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.

062 
WWUS73 KAPX 100706
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
306 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

MIZ030-035-036-041-042-101515-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.150410T1500Z-150410T2200Z/
ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
306 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING AND BE STRONGEST
  THROUGH THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING
  THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS RESULTING
  IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.  

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.

&&

$$

ARNOTT
2 follow-up statements
451 
WWUS73 KAPX 101607
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1207 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

MIZ030-035-036-041-042-102200-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150410T2200Z/
ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
1207 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS RESULTING 
  IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 

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.

&&

$$
992 
WWUS73 KAPX 102015
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
415 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2015

MIZ030-035-036-041-042-102115-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150410T2200Z/
ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
415 PM EDT FRI APR 10 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 10:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXManistee23 min
Apr 9, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCrawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Roscommon28 min
Apr 10, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlcona, Arenac, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda61 min
Apr 10, 11:36 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX10 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.