Alert archive / Wisconsin / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2015, 3:49 AM CST for 18 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 23, 2015, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2015, 3:49 AM CST (09:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 10 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, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
002 WWUS73 KMKX 230949 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 349 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 TO 50 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ON THURSDAY AS THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES AWAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>066-068>072-231800- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.151224T0200Z-151224T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 349 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BEGINNING FROM 8 PM TO 9 PM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND 9 PM TO 11 PM OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE ON THURSDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND SIGNS CAN BE BLOWN OVER. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
619 WWUS73 KMKX 231847 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1247 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 TO 50 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ON THURSDAY AS THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES AWAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>066-068>072-240300- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.151224T0200Z-151224T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 1247 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE BEGINNING FROM 8 PM TO 9 PM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND 9 PM TO 11 PM OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE ON THURSDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND SIGNS CAN BE BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DDV
594 WWUS73 KMKX 232121 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 321 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ON THURSDAY AS THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES AWAY. WIZ067-240530- /O.EXA.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.151224T0200Z-151224T1200Z/ LAFAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DARLINGTON 321 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TOWARD THE ILLINOIS BORDER BY MID-EVENING...THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD THROUGH LATE EVENING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND SIGNS CAN BE BLOWN OVER. 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. && DDV $$ WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>066-068>072-240530- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.151224T0200Z-151224T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-GREEN-ROCK- WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 321 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TOWARD THE ILLINOIS BORDER BY MID-EVENING...THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD THROUGH LATE EVENING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND SIGNS CAN BE BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DDV
458 WWUS73 KMKX 240312 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 912 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE WEST. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE ON THURSDAY AS THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES AWAY. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>072-241115- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151224T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE- GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 912 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND SIGNS CAN BE BLOWN OVER. 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. && $$ HENTZ
270 WWUS73 KMKX 240920 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 320 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM LAKE SUPERIOR NORTHWARD INTO CANADA TODAY. THUS THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>072-241200- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151224T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE- GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 320 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND SIGNS CAN BE BLOWN OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MG
626 WWUS73 KMKX 241152 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 552 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-063>072-241300- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151224T1200Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-LAFAYETTE- GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 552 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN DECREASING ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ALTHOUGH SPORADIC WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 8 AM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 8:01 PM CST | River Flood Watch | MKX | Kenosha | 6 days |
| Dec 23, 3:38 AM CST | Gale Warning | MKX | 29 hr | |
| Dec 23, 4:36 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | 11 hr | |
| Dec 23, 6:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 5 days |
| Dec 23, 12:36 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 39 min |
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.