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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 17, 202015 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT for 15 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2020, 3:37 AM CDT
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, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 37 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 602 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

216 
WWUS73 KGRB 180100
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
800 PM CDT Sun May 17 2020

WIZ022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-180900-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.200518T0100Z-200518T0900Z/
Door-Marathon-Shawano-Wood-Portage-Waupaca-Outagamie-Brown-
Kewaunee-Waushara-Winnebago-Calumet-Manitowoc-
Southern Marinette County-Southern Oconto County-
Including the cities of Sturgeon Bay, Fish Creek, Sister Bay, 
Wausau, Shawano, Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, 
Plover, New London, Waupaca, Clintonville, Appleton, Green Bay, 
Kewaunee, Luxemburg, Redgranite, Wautoma, Oshkosh, Neenah, 
Menasha, Chilton, Brillion, New Holstein, Manitowoc, Two Rivers, 
Harmony, Peshtigo, Porterfield, Crivitz, High Falls Reservoir, 
Loomis, Middle Inlet, Little Suamico, Sobieski, Brookside, 
Oconto, and Pensaukee
800 PM CDT Sun May 17 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...East to northeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 to
  50 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central and northeast 
  Wisconsin.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Motorists with high profile vehicles should
  use caution.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
Kieckbusch

1 follow-up statement

977 
WWUS73 KGRB 180837
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
337 AM CDT Mon May 18 2020

WIZ022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-180945-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200518T0900Z/
Door-Marathon-Shawano-Wood-Portage-Waupaca-Outagamie-Brown-
Kewaunee-Waushara-Winnebago-Calumet-Manitowoc-
Southern Marinette County-Southern Oconto County-
Including the cities of Sturgeon Bay, Fish Creek, Sister Bay, 
Wausau, Shawano, Marshfield, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, 
Plover, New London, Waupaca, Clintonville, Appleton, Green Bay, 
Kewaunee, Luxemburg, Redgranite, Wautoma, Oshkosh, Neenah, 
Menasha, Chilton, Brillion, New Holstein, Manitowoc, Two Rivers, 
Harmony, Peshtigo, Porterfield, Crivitz, High Falls Reservoir, 
Loomis, Middle Inlet, Little Suamico, Sobieski, Brookside, 
Oconto, and Pensaukee
337 AM CDT Mon May 18 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds have subsided below Wind Advisory criteria, therefore the
Wind Advisory has been cancelled. Northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to 40 mph will be possible for the rest of the day.

$$

Kurimski

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 1:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GRB	Brown	3 hr
May 18, 4:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GRB	Brown	26 hr
May 18, 3:23 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	GRB		31 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.