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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Benzie County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 560 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
202 WWUS73 KAPX 160724 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 324 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 MIZ025-031-161700- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.160316T1800Z-160317T0800Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 324 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...BLUSTERY EAST WINDS THIS MORNING...WILL TURN SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AND IN OTHER WELL EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. 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. && $$ MIZ015>017-161700- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.160316T0724Z-160316T1700Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN 324 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EAST WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE BLUSTERY THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT TOWARD MIDDAY. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE SEEN IN PLACES WELL EXPOSED TO AN EAST WIND. THIS INCLUDES THE COASTLINES OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JZ
6 follow-up statements
676 WWUS73 KAPX 160854 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 454 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 MIZ008-161700- /O.EXA.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160316T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 454 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EAST WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE BLUSTERY THIS MORNING... DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT TOWARD MIDDAY. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE SEEN IN PLACES WELL EXPOSED TO AN EAST WIND. THIS INCLUDES THE COASTLINE OF LAKE HURON AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE ST MARYS RIVER. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE SOMEWHAT OPEN COUNTRY IN THE CENTRAL PART OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE RUDYARD AND KINROSS AREA. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. 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. && $$ MIZ025-031-161700- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.160316T1800Z-160317T0800Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 454 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...BLUSTERY EAST WINDS THIS MORNING...WILL TURN SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AND IN OTHER WELL EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MIZ015>017-161700- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160316T1700Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN 454 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...EAST WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE BLUSTERY THIS MORNING... DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT TOWARD MIDDAY. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE SEEN IN PLACES WELL EXPOSED TO AN EAST WIND. THIS INCLUDES THE COASTLINES OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. 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. && $$ JZ
799 WWUS73 KAPX 161533 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1133 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 MIZ025-031-162345- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.160316T1800Z-160317T0800Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 1133 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...BLUSTERY EAST WINDS THIS MORNING...WILL TURN SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AND IN OTHER WELL EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MIZ008-015>017-161700- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160316T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN 1133 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...EAST WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE BLUSTERY THROUGH MIDDAY... DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE SEEN IN PLACES WELL EXPOSED TO AN EAST WIND. THIS INCLUDES THE COASTLINES OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE HURON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. 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. && $$
841 WWUS73 KAPX 161704 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 104 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 MIZ008-015>017-161815- /O.EXP.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160316T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN 104 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...EASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 40 MPH IN SOME SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MIZ025-031-170115- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.160316T1800Z-160317T0800Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 104 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AND IN OTHER WELL EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. 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. && $$
547 WWUS73 KAPX 162026 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 426 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 MIZ025-031-170430- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160317T0800Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 426 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AND IN OTHER WELL EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT...AND SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
745 WWUS73 KAPX 170029 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 829 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 MIZ020-170800- /O.EXA.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160317T0800Z/ LEELANAU- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NORTHPORT 829 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AND IN OTHER WELL EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. 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. && $$ MIZ025-031-170800- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160317T0800Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 829 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. * WINDS...GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AND IN OTHER WELL EXPOSED LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE DISLODGED. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE CHALLENGING TO DRIVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
755 WWUS73 KAPX 170807 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 407 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 MIZ020-025-031-170915- /O.EXP.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160317T0800Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 407 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... A FEW WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY EARLY. BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE OVER...AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS THUS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ JZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:24 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | APX | Cheboygan, Emmet | 10 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Grand Traverse, Wexford | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 6:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Grand Traverse, Missaukee | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 11:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | APX | Arenac | 47 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Gale Warning | APX | 18 hr | |
| Mar 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 30 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Michigan, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
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.