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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Detroit, MI

February 12, 2016Huron County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2016, 11:26 AM EST for Huron County, Michigan. It took effect at Feb 12, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2016, 11:26 AM EST (16:26 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 13, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

County Huron County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2016-02-12Temperature 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 2016-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

964 
WWUS73 KDTX 121626
NPWDTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1126 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

MIZ049-122200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0001.160212T2100Z-160213T0500Z/
HURON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BAD AXE
1126 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS
   EVENING ALONG THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE. THE AREAS EXPECTED TO
   BE MOST IMPACTED WILL BE ALONG AND NEAR M 25 FROM PORT AUSTIN
   TO HARBOR BEACH.

 * AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH HURON COUNTY BETWEEN 330
   PM AND 6 PM EST. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
   EXPECTED TO OCCUR PRIMARILY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM EST.

 * SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND
   IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED
   BRIEFLY TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH INTENSITY
   SNOWFALL RATES AND BLOWING SNOW.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY NEAR
   THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE.

 * DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...PRIMARILY ON M 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

 * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED.
   VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8

&&

$$

CB
3 follow-up statements
521 
WWUS73 KDTX 122048
NPWDTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
348 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

MIZ049-130500-
/O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0001.160212T2100Z-160213T0500Z/
HURON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BAD AXE
348 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP 
   THIS EVENING ALONG THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE. THE AREAS 
   EXPECTED TO BE MOST IMPACTED WILL BE ALONG AND NEAR M 25 FROM 
   PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH. 

 * AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH HURON COUNTY BETWEEN 
   330 PM AND 6 PM EST. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE 
   EXPECTED TO OCCUR PRIMARILY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM EST. 

 * SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND 
   IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE 
   REDUCED BRIEFLY TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH 
   INTENSITY SNOWFALL RATES AND BLOWING SNOW. 

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY 
   NEAR THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE. 

 * DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...PRIMARILY ON M 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS 
   OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING 
   DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA 
   CAUTION.

 * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT 
   HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 

&&

$$

CB
786 
WWUS73 KDTX 130407
NPWDTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
1107 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

MIZ049-130900-
/O.EXT.KDTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160213T0900Z/
HURON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BAD AXE
1107 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP 50 MPH
   ALONG THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE AREAS
   EXPECTED TO BE MOST IMPACTED WILL BE ALONG AND NEAR M 25 FROM
   PORT AUSTIN TO HARBOR BEACH.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES...PARTICULARLY 
   NEAR THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE. 

 * DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...PRIMARILY ON M 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS 
   OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING 
   DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA 
   CAUTION. 

 * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT 
   HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 

&&

$$

MR
574 
WWUS73 KDTX 130907
NPWDTX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
407 AM EST SAT FEB 13 2016

MIZ049-131015-
/O.EXP.KDTX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160213T0900Z/
HURON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BAD AXE
407 AM EST SAT FEB 13 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH ALONG THE LAKE HURON
   SHORELINE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS.

 * WINDS WILL THEN STEADILY DECREASE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE
   MORNING.

IMPACTS...

 * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS PEAKED BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH FRIDAY
   EVENING.

 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8. 

&&

$$

DG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 3:22 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryDTXHuron, Lapeer, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Tuscola32 hr

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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.