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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

November 18, 201612 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Nov 18, 2016, 3:23 PM EST for 12 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 19, 2016, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 18, 2016, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 19, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 19, 2016, 11:07 PM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-11-18Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 12:00Z on 2016-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

448 
WWUS73 KAPX 182023
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
323 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016

MIZ015>018-023-024-029-030-034>036-041-042-190500-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0500Z/
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-
ALCONA-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...
ROGERS CITY...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO...HARRISVILLE...
HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
323 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE SATURDAY
  MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
  ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. SOME DRIVING DIFFICULTIES
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING
  SNOW WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$

JPB
4 follow-up statements
047 
WWUS73 KAPX 190948
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
448 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

MIZ015>018-023-024-029-034-191100-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0500Z/
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-
ROSCOMMON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...
ROGERS CITY...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO...HOUGHTON LAKE
448 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS WILL STILL BE VERY GUSTY IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...BUT WITH
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED.

$$

MIZ030-035-036-041-042-191800-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0500Z/
ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
448 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING
  THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH FROM THE NORTH AND 
  NORTHWEST ARE EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS...SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. SOME DRIVING 
  DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. REDUCED VISIBILITIES 
  DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE SOME HAZARDOUS 
  TRAVEL. 

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.

&&

$$
019 
WWUS73 KAPX 191613
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1113 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

MIZ030-035-036-041-042-200015-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0500Z/
ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
1113 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
  ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. SOME DRIVING DIFFICULTIES
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING
  SNOW WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$
569 
WWUS73 KAPX 192051
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
351 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016


MIZ030-035-036-041-042-200500-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0500Z/
ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
351 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
  ARE EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS...SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. DRIVING DIFFICULTIES FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW
  WILL ALSO LIKELY CAUSE SOME HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

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.

&&

$$
680 
WWUS73 KAPX 200407
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1107 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

MIZ030-035-036-041-042-200515-
/O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0500Z/
ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISVILLE...WEST BRANCH...
TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH
1107 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 3:19 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningAPXAntrim, Benzie, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse and 6 more37 hr
Nov 18, 3:19 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAPXBenzie, Crawford, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, Otsego and 1 more13 hr
Nov 18, 3:52 PM ESTGale WarningAPX37 hr
Nov 18, 3:52 PM ESTStorm WarningAPX30 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.