Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2015, 11:18 AM EDT for 7 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2015, 11:18 AM EDT (15:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Lenawee County, MI, Livingston County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813 WWUS73 KDTX 211518 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1118 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP TODAY... MIZ068>070-075-076-082-083-212330- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.150421T1518Z-150422T0000Z/ LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR... DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 1118 AM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS TO THE NORTH. * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. IMPACTS... * POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FALLING BRANCHES. * SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 && $$ RK
1 follow-up statement
368 WWUS73 KDTX 220005 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 805 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 MIZ068>070-075-076-082-083-220115- /O.EXP.KDTX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ LIVINGSTON-OAKLAND-MACOMB-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWELL...PONTIAC...WARREN...ANN ARBOR... DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 805 PM EDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM WITHIN ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8. && $$ MR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 11:24 AM EDT | Gale Warning | DTX | 9 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.