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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2016, 4:29 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Apr 2, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2016, 4:29 AM EDT (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2016, 8:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Lenawee County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Wayne County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
540 WWUS73 KDTX 020829 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 429 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 MIZ075-076-082-083-021900- /O.NEW.KDTX.WI.Y.0007.160402T1900Z-160403T0300Z/ WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 429 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WESTERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY A LINE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. IMPACTS... * TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. 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 && $$ CB
2 follow-up statements
240 WWUS73 KDTX 021926 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 326 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 MIZ075-076-082-083-030300- /O.CON.KDTX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160403T0300Z/ WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 326 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WESTERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY A LINE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. IMPACTS... * TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8 && $$ DG
768 WWUS73 KDTX 030056 NPWDTX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 856 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 MIZ075-076-082-083-030200- /O.CAN.KDTX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160403T0300Z/ WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE 856 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS EVENING BUT WILL FALL SHORT OF ADVISORY CRITERIA. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/RR8. && $$ SC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:51 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee | 76 min |
| Apr 2, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Monroe | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 32 min |
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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.