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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 12, 2015Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2015, 3:24 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 12, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2015, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 12, 2015, 9:26 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Door County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2015-10-12Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 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.

888 
WWUS73 KGRB 120824
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
324 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS DOOR COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES
TODAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

WIZ022-121630-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0002.151012T2100Z-151013T1200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WHITEFISH BAY
324 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM
CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG THIS
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  TO 50 MPH AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED
  FOR STRONG WINDS AND DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KURIMSKI
3 follow-up statements
679 
WWUS73 KGRB 121608
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1108 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS DOOR COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

.AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS ONTARIO CANADA WILL MOVE
TO HUDSON BAY LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.

WIZ022-130015-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0002.151012T2100Z-151013T1200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WHITEFISH BAY
1108 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* WEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AT 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST
  WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE 
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE BAY...AND NEAR DEATHS DOOR. 

* IMPACTS...THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE 
  PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AND DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION... 
  ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
ECKBERG
676 
WWUS73 KGRB 121959
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
259 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS DOOR COUNTY TONIGHT...

.AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS ONTARIO CANADA WILL MOVE
TO HUDSON BAY LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS
THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.

WIZ022-130400-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0002.151012T2100Z-151013T1200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WHITEFISH BAY
259 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND SHIFT TO
  THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH THIS
  EVENING...AND THEN CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
  BE ALONG THE BAY...AND NEAR DEATHS DOOR. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
  THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE 
  PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AND DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION... 
  ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
ECKBERG
784 
WWUS73 KGRB 130226
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
926 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

WIZ022-130330-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151013T1200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WHITEFISH BAY
926 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY.

ALTHOUGH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 30 TO
40 MPH AT TIMES INTO TUESDAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$
TSK

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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.