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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Marquette, MI

March 11, 20219 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2021, 2:02 AM EST for 9 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Mar 11, 2021, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2021, 2:02 AM EST (07:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2021, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 11, 2021, 5:00 PM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Delta County, MI, Dickinson County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Luce County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Menominee County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
485 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

346 
WWUS73 KMQT 110702
NPWMQT

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Marquette MI
202 AM EST Thu Mar 11 2021

MIZ005>007-011>014-085-112200-
/O.NEW.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.210311T1100Z-210311T2200Z/
Marquette-Alger-Luce-Dickinson-Menominee-Delta-
Southern Schoolcraft-Northern Schoolcraft-
Including the cities of Gwinn, Marquette, Grand Marais, Munising,
Newberry, Iron Mountain, Menominee, Escanaba, Gladstone, 
Manistique, and Seney
202 AM EST Thu Mar 11 2021 /102 AM CST Thu Mar 11 2021/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ THIS MORNING
TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 45 mph
  expected. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph in Schoolcraft and
  Luce counties.

* WHERE...Marquette, Alger, Luce, Dickinson, Menominee, Delta, 
  Southern Schoolcraft and Northern Schoolcraft Counties.

* WHEN...From 6 AM EST /5 AM CST/ this morning to 5 PM EST /4 PM 
  CST/ 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.

&&

$$

MIZ001-003-112200-
/O.NEW.KMQT.WI.Y.0002.210311T1400Z-210311T2200Z/
Keweenaw-Northern Houghton-
Including the cities of Copper Harbor, Houghton, and Hancock
202 AM EST Thu Mar 11 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Keweenaw and Northern Houghton Counties.

* WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 5 PM EST 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 4:23 PM ESTLakeshore Flood AdvisoryMQTAlger, Luce23 hr
Mar 11, 4:25 PM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningMQT21 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.