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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

January 10, 20178 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2017, 11:40 AM CST for 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2017, 11:40 AM CST (17:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 10, 2017, 4:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 11, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 12:00Z on 2017-01-10Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2017-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

795 
WWUS73 KGRB 101740
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1140 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

WIZ022-038>040-048>050-110145-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0001.170110T2200Z-170111T0600Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...FISH CREEK...
SISTER BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...
OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...BRILLION...NEW HOLSTEIN...
MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
1140 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AS SOUTH WINDS TO SHIFT TO
  THE WEST AND INCREASE AFTER ABOUT 3 PM AND DIMINISH LATE IN THE
  EVENING.

* WEST WINDS OF 20 TO MORE THAN 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
  GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES.

* THE STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND/OR POWER LINES.
  IT WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS MORE
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IF THE PAVEMENT IS SLIPPERY FROM SNOW OR
  ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GUSTS OF
MORE THAN 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
806 
WWUS73 KGRB 102234
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
434 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

WIZ022-038>040-048>050-110300-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...FISH CREEK...
SISTER BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...
OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...BRILLION...NEW HOLSTEIN...
MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
434 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

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

* WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO
  50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS SHOULD OCCUR FROM OSHKOSH TO
  MANITOWOC DURING THE EARLY EVENING.

* THE STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SPORADIC
  POWER OUTAGES. POWERFUL WEST WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

* WET ROADS WILL QUICKLY ICE UP BY EARLY EVENING...AS MUCH COLDER
  AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. A FLASH FREEZE MAY RESULT IN
  TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS...SO MOTORISTS
  SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH
586 
WWUS73 KGRB 110119
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
719 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

WIZ045-110600-
/O.EXA.KGRB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/
WAUSHARA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDGRANITE...WAUTOMA
719 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50
  MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.

* THE STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SPORADIC 
  POWER OUTAGES. POWERFUL WEST WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON 
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

* WET ROADS WILL QUICKLY ICE UP THIS EVENING...AS MUCH COLDER AIR
  MOVES INTO THE REGION. A FLASH FREEZE MAY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
  EXTREME CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

WIZ022-038>040-048>050-110600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...FISH CREEK...
SISTER BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...
OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...BRILLION...NEW HOLSTEIN...
MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
719 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

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

* WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50
  MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.

* THE STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SPORADIC 
  POWER OUTAGES. POWERFUL WEST WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON 
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

* WET ROADS WILL QUICKLY ICE UP THIS EVENING...AS MUCH COLDER AIR
  MOVES INTO THE REGION. A FLASH FREEZE MAY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS...SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
  EXTREME CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH
927 
WWUS73 KGRB 110345
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
945 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

WIZ022-038>040-045-048>050-110600-
/O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0600Z/
DOOR-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...FISH CREEK...
SISTER BAY...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...KEWAUNEE...LUXEMBURG...
REDGRANITE...WAUTOMA...OSHKOSH...NEENAH...MENASHA...CHILTON...
BRILLION...NEW HOLSTEIN...MANITOWOC...TWO RIVERS
945 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017

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

* WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 
  MPH...WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING. 

* THE STRONG WINDS COULD DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SPORADIC 
  POWER OUTAGES. POWERFUL WEST WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING ON 
  NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

* ROADS REMAIN ICE COVERED AND HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION...SO
  MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
KIECKBUSCH

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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.