Alert archive / Wisconsin / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this wind advisory at Oct 20, 2018, 9:32 AM CDT for 13 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 20, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2018, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 20, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2018, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
687 WWUS73 KMKX 201432 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 932 AM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 ...Strong and Gusty Northwest Winds Today... WIZ059-060-062>072-202245- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.181020T1500Z-181020T2300Z/ Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- Including the cities of West Bend, Germantown, Hartford, Mequon, Cedarburg, Grafton, Dodgeville, Mineral Point, Barneveld, Madison, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, West Allis, Wauwatosa, Greenfield, Franklin, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, Cudahy, Darlington, Shullsburg, Benton, Belmont, Argyle, Blanchardville, Monroe, Brodhead, Janesville, Beloit, Whitewater, Delavan, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Racine, and Kenosha 932 AM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect until 6 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...through 6 pm. * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with a few gusts to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Driving may be difficult for high profile vehicles. Light objects will be blown around if not secured or blocked from the wind. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
2 follow-up statements
408 WWUS73 KMKX 201953 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 253 PM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 ...Strong and Gusty Northwest Winds Slowly Diminish... WIZ059-060-062>072-202300- /O.CON.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-181020T2300Z/ Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- Including the cities of West Bend, Germantown, Hartford, Mequon, Cedarburg, Grafton, Dodgeville, Mineral Point, Barneveld, Madison, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, West Allis, Wauwatosa, Greenfield, Franklin, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, Cudahy, Darlington, Shullsburg, Benton, Belmont, Argyle, Blanchardville, Monroe, Brodhead, Janesville, Beloit, Whitewater, Delavan, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Racine, and Kenosha 253 PM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... a Wind Advisory remains in effect until 6 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...through 6 pm. * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with a few gusts to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Driving may be difficult for high profile vehicles. Light objects will be blown around if not secured or blocked from the wind. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
835 WWUS73 KMKX 202308 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 608 PM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 WIZ059-060-062>072-210015- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-181020T2300Z/ Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- Including the cities of West Bend, Germantown, Hartford, Mequon, Cedarburg, Grafton, Dodgeville, Mineral Point, Barneveld, Madison, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, West Allis, Wauwatosa, Greenfield, Franklin, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, Cudahy, Darlington, Shullsburg, Benton, Belmont, Argyle, Blanchardville, Monroe, Brodhead, Janesville, Beloit, Whitewater, Delavan, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Racine, and Kenosha 608 PM CDT Sat Oct 20 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Wind gusts will continue to diminish through the evening. The Wind Advisory is no longer in effect. $$ MRC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 57 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 2018Every wind advisory in 2018
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.