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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2020, 3:23 PM EDT for Chippewa County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 21, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2020, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2020, 3:11 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
County Chippewa County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
126 WWUS73 KAPX 201923 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 323 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 MIZ086-087-210330- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.200421T0600Z-200421T1600Z/ Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa- Including the cities of Paradise, Trout Lake, Rudyard, Sault Ste. Marie, Brimley, Kinross, and Sugar Island 323 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO NOON EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Western Chippewa and Central Chippewa Counties. * WHEN...From 2 AM to noon EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
3 follow-up statements
742 WWUS73 KAPX 210759 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 359 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020 MIZ086-087-211600- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-200421T1600Z/ Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa- Including the cities of Paradise, Trout Lake, Rudyard, Sault Ste. Marie, Brimley, Kinross, and Sugar Island 359 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Western Chippewa and Central Chippewa Counties. * WHEN...Until noon EDT today. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
538 WWUS73 KAPX 211543 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1143 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020 MIZ086-087-212100- /O.EXT.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-200421T2100Z/ Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa- Including the cities of Paradise, Trout Lake, Rudyard, Sault Ste. Marie, Brimley, Kinross, and Sugar Island 1143 AM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Western Chippewa and Central Chippewa Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
867 WWUS73 KAPX 211911 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Gaylord MI 311 PM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020 MIZ086-087-212015- /O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-200421T2100Z/ Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa- Including the cities of Paradise, Trout Lake, Rudyard, Sault Ste. Marie, Brimley, Kinross, and Sugar Island 311 PM EDT Tue Apr 21 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Northwest winds are gradually diminishing across Chippewa county this afternoon. Therefore...the Wind Advisory has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:46 AM EDT | Gale Warning | APX | 42 hr | |
| Apr 20, 10:34 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau, Manistee and 1 more | 33 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.