Alert archive / Michigan / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this wind advisory at May 18, 2017, 3:34 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 18, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2017, 3:34 AM EDT (07:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
Counties Branch County, MI, Cass County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
265 WWUS73 KIWX 180734 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Northern Indiana 334 AM EDT Thu May 18 2017 MIZ077>081-181545- /O.NEW.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.170518T1500Z-170519T0000Z/ Berrien-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale- Including the cities of Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Buchanan, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, and Litchfield 334 AM EDT Thu May 18 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * Southwest winds 20-30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph later this morning and through the afternoon. * Peak time for the strongest wind gusts is between Noon and 5 PM. IMPACTS... * Loose objects will be blown around. * High profile vehicles will be difficult to drive. * Scattered power outages may occur. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
534 WWUS73 KIWX 181526 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Northern Indiana 1126 AM EDT Thu May 18 2017 MIZ077>081-190000- /O.CON.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170519T0000Z/ Berrien-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale- Including the cities of Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Buchanan, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, and Litchfield 1126 AM EDT Thu May 18 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * Southwest to west winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph through the afternoon. * Peak time for the strongest wind gusts is between 1 and 5 PM. IMPACTS... * Loose objects will be blown around. * High profile vehicles will be difficult to drive. * Scattered power outages may occur. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph or gusts of 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
397 WWUS73 KIWX 190004 NPWIWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Northern Indiana 804 PM EDT Thu May 18 2017 MIZ077>081-190115- /O.EXP.KIWX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170519T0000Z/ Berrien-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch-Hillsdale- Including the cities of Niles, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Fair Plain, Benton Heights, Buchanan, Paw Paw Lake, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Marcellus, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, and Litchfield 804 PM EDT Thu May 18 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... The Wind Advisory is no longer in effect. Strong southwest winds have abated and will become northwest as a cold front crosses the area this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * For more information visit weather.gov/iwx. && $$
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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.