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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2015, 9:01 AM CST for 20 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2015, 9:01 AM CST (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 15:05 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, 3.0 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
355 WWUS73 KMKX 191501 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 901 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...STRONG WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA...FROM LOW PRESSURE WELL NORTH OF THE REGION...WILL BRING STRONG WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY. SOME SUNSHINE WILL ALLOW FOR ROBUST MIXING OF STRONG WINDS IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LINGER UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-192315- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.151119T1501Z-151120T0000Z/ 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 901 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...REST OF TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...ENDING BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS. 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. && $$ WOOD
2 follow-up statements
104 WWUS73 KMKX 192040 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 240 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM CST. THE STRONG WINDS ARE DUE TO A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE WELL NORTH OF WISCONSIN. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-200000- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151120T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 240 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...ENDING BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KAVINSKY
437 WWUS73 KMKX 192342 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 542 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WINDS DIMINISHING WITH SUNSET... .WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING WINDS WERE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. WHILE STILL GUSTY WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-200045- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151120T0000Z/ 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 542 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING WINDS WERE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. WHILE STILL GUSTY WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 10:04 PM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 24 hr | |
| Nov 18, 10:04 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 10 hr | |
| Nov 19, 3:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 5 more | 25 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.