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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

November 19, 201516 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2015, 8:43 AM CST for 16 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2015, 8:43 AM CST (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 2015-11-19Temperature 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 2015-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -107 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
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 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.

857 
WWUS73 KGRB 191443
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
843 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...MORE GUSTY WINDS TODAY...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES
REGION TODAY INTO TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER PERIOD GUSTY WINDS 
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN. 

WIZ020>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-192245-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0005.151119T1443Z-151120T0100Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-
PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...NEOPIT...BREED...KLONDIKE...
LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND...WHITEFISH BAY...WAUSAU...
WESTON...SHAWANO...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...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...
OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS...GILLETT
843 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH THIS MORNING WILL
  BECOME MORE SCATTERED THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
  LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...THEN
  SLOWLY SUBSIDING THIS EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
175 
WWUS73 KGRB 192025
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
225 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES
REGION WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST
WINDS INTO THIS EVENING OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

WIZ020>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-200100-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-151120T0100Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-
PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...NEOPIT...BREED...KLONDIKE...
LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND...WHITEFISH BAY...WAUSAU...
WESTON...SHAWANO...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...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...
OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS...GILLETT
225 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  AROUND 45 MPH...THEN SLOWLY DECREASING LATER EVENING AND
  OVERNIGHT.

* 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.

&&

$$
802 
WWUS73 KGRB 200051
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
651 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015

WIZ020>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-200200-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-151120T0100Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-
PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...NEOPIT...BREED...KLONDIKE...
LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND...WHITEFISH BAY...WAUSAU...
WESTON...SHAWANO...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...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...
OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS...GILLETT
651 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING...SO THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST.

WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE
NIGHT. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...
ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

$$
TSK
179 
WWUS73 KGRB 200100
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
700 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST...

.WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT...SO THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

WIZ020>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-200200-
/O.EXP.KGRB.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-151120T0100Z/
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-
PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-
CALUMET-MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE COUNTY-
SOUTHERN OCONTO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...NEOPIT...BREED...KLONDIKE...
LAKEWOOD...MOUNTAIN...TOWNSEND...WHITEFISH BAY...WAUSAU...
WESTON...SHAWANO...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...MARINETTE...PESHTIGO...
OCONTO...OCONTO FALLS...GILLETT
700 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING...SO THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST.

WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE
NIGHT. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION...
ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

$$
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.