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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Marquette, MI

June 20, 2016Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this wind advisory at Jun 20, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 20, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 20, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 297 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-20Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

738 
WWUS73 KMQT 200812
NPWMQT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
412 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA TODAY...

MIZ001-003-201615-
/O.NEW.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.160620T1300Z-160620T2100Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
412 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EDT
THIS AFTERNOON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SUSTAINED WEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH
   WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER
   THE HIGH TERRAIN.

 * THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING TO MID
   AFTERNOON. 

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS COULD BREAK WEAKENED TREE BRANCHES...CAUSE
   SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...AND BLOW AROUND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH
   ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURING.

 * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT

&&

$$

ROLFSON
2 follow-up statements
217 
WWUS73 KMQT 201422
NPWMQT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1022 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA TODAY...

MIZ001-003-202100-
/O.CON.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160620T2100Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
1022 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SUSTAINED WEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 
   MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA TODAY...
   ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. 

 * THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS COULD BREAK WEAKENED TREE BRANCHES...CAUSE 
   SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...AND BLOW AROUND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 
   MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 

 * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT

&&

$$
WFO MQT
596 
WWUS73 KMQT 201614
NPWMQT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1214 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA TODAY...

MIZ001-003-202100-
/O.CON.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160620T2100Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
1214 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SUSTAINED WEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH
   WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER
   THE HIGH TERRAIN.

 * THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

IMPACTS...

 * THE STRONG WINDS COULD BREAK WEAKENED TREE BRANCHES...CAUSE 
   SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...AND BLOW AROUND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 
   MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 

 * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT

&&

$$

VOSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT36 min
Jun 19, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT42 min
Jun 19, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTKeweenaw40 min
Jun 20, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT26 min
Jun 20, 3:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT86 min
Jun 20, 4:35 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMQTAlger15 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.