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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

October 17, 2020Benzie County, Charlevoix County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2020, 9:43 AM EDT for Benzie County, Charlevoix County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Oct 17, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2020, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 17, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:43 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2020-10-17Temperature 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 2020-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 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
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

000 
WWUS73 KAPX 171343
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
943 AM EDT Sat Oct 17 2020

MIZ025-031-098-172200-
/O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.201017T1800Z-201018T0600Z/
Benzie-Manistee-Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
Including the cities of Frankfort, Manistee, and St. James
943 AM EDT Sat Oct 17 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties, especially near Lake Michigan,
  along with Beaver Island and surrounding islands. 

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 2 AM EDT Sunday.

* 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.

&&

$$

JZ
2 follow-up statements
047 
WWUS73 KAPX 171940
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
340 PM EDT Sat Oct 17 2020

MIZ025-031-098-180600-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-201018T0600Z/
Benzie-Manistee-Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
Including the cities of Frankfort, Manistee, and St. James
340 PM EDT Sat Oct 17 2020

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties, especially near Lake 
  Michigan, along with Beaver Island and surrounding islands.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Sunday.

* 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.

&&

$$

JZ
682 
WWUS73 KAPX 180211
NPWAPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1011 PM EDT Sat Oct 17 2020

MIZ025-031-098-180600-
/O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-201018T0600Z/
Benzie-Manistee-Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
Including the cities of Frankfort, Manistee, and St. James
1011 PM EDT Sat Oct 17 2020

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties, especially near Lake 
  Michigan, along with Beaver Island and surrounding islands.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Sunday.

* 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.

&&

$$

ADAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 10:41 AM EDTLakeshore Flood AdvisoryAPXBenzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Leelanau, Manistee17 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.