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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2021, 3:23 PM EST for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 20, 2021, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2021, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2021, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2021, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
965 WWUS73 KMQT 202023 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Marquette MI 323 PM EST Wed Jan 20 2021 MIZ001-003-211100- /O.NEW.KMQT.WI.Y.0001.210121T0300Z-210121T1700Z/ Keweenaw-Northern Houghton- Including the cities of Copper Harbor, Houghton, and Hancock 323 PM EST Wed Jan 20 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Keweenaw and Northern Houghton Counties. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to noon EST Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Blowing snow is likely in exposed areas, which could reduce visibility and lead to some drifting on area roadways. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
1 follow-up statement
206 WWUS73 KMQT 211250 NPWMQT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Marquette MI 750 AM EST Thu Jan 21 2021 MIZ001-003-211700- /O.CON.KMQT.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210121T1700Z/ Keweenaw-Northern Houghton- Including the cities of Copper Harbor, Houghton, and Hancock 750 AM EST Thu Jan 21 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Keweenaw and Northern Houghton Counties. * WHEN...Until noon today. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Blowing snow is likely in exposed areas, which could reduce visibility and lead to some drifting on area roadways. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 3:03 AM EST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw, Schoolcraft | 30 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:03 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | Alger, Luce, Schoolcraft | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:15 PM EST | Lakeshore Flood Advisory | MQT | Alger, Luce | 25 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.