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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 18, 20154 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2015, 7:43 AM CST for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2015, 7:43 AM CST (13:43 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 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 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 12:00Z on 2015-11-18Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2015-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 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
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 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.

318 
WWUS73 KGRB 181343
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
743 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTH OVER THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES REGION WAS CREATING STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER
PARTS OF EASTERN WISCONSIN.

WIZ022-039-040-050-181800-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.151118T1343Z-151118T1800Z/
DOOR-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEFISH BAY...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...
LUXEMBURG...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
743 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ON
  ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
660 
WWUS73 KGRB 181752
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1152 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED LATE THIS MORNING BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY...

.WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED LATE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER PERIODS OF GUSTY
WINDS WILL LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKS OVER THE REGION.

WIZ022-039-040-050-181900-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151118T1800Z/
DOOR-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEFISH BAY...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...
LUXEMBURG...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
1152 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS
TO 45 TO 50 MPH HAVE SUBSIDED LATE THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF GUSTY
WINDS WILL LINGER THROUGH THURSDAY AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKS OVER THE REGION.

$$

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.