Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 10, 2005, 4:02 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 10, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2005, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 100902 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 402 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM TODAY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH TO MANKATO TO WILLMAR TO ALEXANDRIA. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL CAUSE VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO DEVELOP IN THE ADVISORY AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-101715- /X.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.050910T1700Z-050910T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 402 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RAH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 101606 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1106 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM TODAY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH TO MANKATO TO WILLMAR TO ALEXANDRIA. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL CAUSE THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-092-102300- /X.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.050910T1700Z-050910T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1106 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JPR
000 WWUS73 KMPX 102044 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 PM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THE REST THE AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO REDWOOD FALLS. SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH... WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS IS CAUSING THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. MNZ057-065-067-074-075-082-083-091-092-102145- /X.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-050910T2300Z/ KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 344 PM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-073-102300- /X.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-050910T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 344 PM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JPR
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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.