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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 12, 201511 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2015, 3:23 AM CST for 11 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Nov 12, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2015, 3:23 AM CST (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 12, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2015-11-12Temperature 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 2015-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

774 
WWUS73 KGRB 120923
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
323 AM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AS
IT EXITS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
WINDS WILL SLOWLY FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

WIZ022-121730-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.151112T1800Z-151113T0000Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WHITEFISH BAY
323 AM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDDAY AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. MINOR TREE
  DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOW AROUND.
  STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

WIZ038>040-045-048>050-121730-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.151112T1500Z-151113T0000Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...
LUXEMBURG...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA...REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...
WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...
BRILLION...HILBERT...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
323 AM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. MINOR TREE
  DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOW AROUND.
  STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE.

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
117 
WWUS73 KGRB 121613
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1013 AM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AS
IT EXITS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINDS WILL SLOWLY FALL BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

WIZ035>037-130000-
/O.EXA.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151113T0000Z/
WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...PLOVER...NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...
WEYAUWEGA
1013 AM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. MINOR TREE 
  DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOW 
  AROUND. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS 
  ALSO POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

WIZ022-130000-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.151112T1800Z-151113T0000Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WHITEFISH BAY
1013 AM CST THU NOV 12 2015

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

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDDAY AND 
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. MINOR TREE 
  DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOW 
  AROUND. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS 
  ALSO POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

WIZ038>040-045-048>050-130000-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151113T0000Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...
LUXEMBURG...SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA...REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...
WILD ROSE...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...
BRILLION...HILBERT...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
1013 AM CST THU NOV 12 2015

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

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. MINOR TREE 
  DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOW 
  AROUND. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS 
  ALSO POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

BERSCH
724 
WWUS73 KGRB 122041
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
241 PM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AS
IT EXITS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

WIZ022-130000-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151113T0000Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WHITEFISH BAY
241 PM CST THU NOV 12 2015

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

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. MINOR TREE 
  DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOW 
  AROUND. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS 
  ALSO POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

WIZ035>040-045-048>050-130000-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151113T0000Z/
WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...PLOVER...NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...
WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...
SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA...REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...
OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...
HILBERT...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
241 PM CST THU NOV 12 2015

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

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS
  EVENING. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. MINOR TREE 
  DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOW 
  AROUND. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS 
  ALSO POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

BERSCH
504 
WWUS73 KGRB 122355
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
555 PM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...BLUSTERY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
MORNING...

.WHILE WIND GUSTS WERE MAINLY IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE LATE 
THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH
CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES.

WIZ022-130100-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151113T0000Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WHITEFISH BAY
555 PM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WIND GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY
HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY LINGER OVER FAR NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY
OVERNIGHT.

$$

WIZ035>040-045-048>050-130100-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151113T0000Z/
WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHFIELD...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...PLOVER...NEW LONDON...WAUPACA...CLINTONVILLE...
WEYAUWEGA...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...
SILVER LAKE...WAUTOMA...REDGRANITE...PLAINFIELD...WILD ROSE...
OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...NEW HOLSTEIN...BRILLION...
HILBERT...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
555 PM CST THU NOV 12 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WIND GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
DAY FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 6:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage36 min
Nov 11, 7:57 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningGRB93 min
Nov 11, 8:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marathon, Menominee and 7 more88 min
Nov 11, 9:33 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningGRB57 min
Nov 12, 3:23 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGRBVilas33 hr

Nearby

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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.