Alert archive / Wisconsin / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2015, 10:35 PM CDT for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2015, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279 WWUS73 KMKX 100335 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1035 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT... .GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE AS IT MOVES AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO EASE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-100900- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.150410T0335Z-150410T0900Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1035 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS INCREASING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 PM AND 12 MIDNIGHT...SLOWLY EASING AFTER 3 AM. * WINDS...WEST INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...EASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TOWARD DAY BREAK. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE TRAVELING ON ROADS ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH. SMALL...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ REM
1 follow-up statement
850 WWUS73 KMKX 100905 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 405 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2015 ...STRONG WEST WINDS DIMINISHING THIS MORNING... .AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR LAKE HURON GRADUALLY MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA THE WEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. THE STRONGEST WINDS JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE LAKE MICHIGAN AREA. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-101015- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150410T0900Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 405 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE BRISK WEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. SOME GUSTS COULD STILL REACH 35 MPH. $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 56 min | |
| Apr 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 24 min |
| Apr 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 82 min | |
| Apr 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:27 AM CDT | Gale Warning | MKX | 10 hr | |
| Apr 10, 4:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 18 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 25 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:43 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Sauk | 54 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:43 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia, Sauk | 29 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:43 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Kenosha | 6 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.