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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 23, 200642 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2006, 3:10 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 24, 2006, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2006, 3:10 PM CST (21:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 24, 2006, 7:00 PM CST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-01-23Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KMPX 232110
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
310 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006

...STRONG WINDS TO SWEEP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
MOVE INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM TUESDAY...AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS. THE ADVISORY AREA IS ROUGHLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
APPLETON TO DASSEL TO ALBERT LEA.

MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-240515-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.060124T0600Z-060124T2100Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
310 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
3 PM CST TUESDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
MOVE INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM TUESDAY...AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THE ADVISORY AREA IS ROUGHLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO
DASSEL TO ALBERT LEA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
RJN
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KMPX 240410
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1010 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006

...STRONG WINDS TO SWEEP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL
SPREAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM TUESDAY...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-241215-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.060124T0600Z-060124T2100Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
1010 PM CST MON JAN 23 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL
SPREAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM TUESDAY...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BENSON TO GLENCOE
TO OWATONNA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

RAH
000 
WWUS73 KMPX 241003
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
403 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...UNTIL 4 PM
TODAY...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...
OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SPREAD THROUGH EAST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS
MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF. THE WINDS ARE IN THE WAKE OF A
COLD FRONT AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS. 

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

MNZ041>045-047>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
241815-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.060124T1003Z-060124T2200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
403 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS
MOST OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY
THIS MORNING. GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AND
OPEN AREAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-241815-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060124T2200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
403 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45
MPH... WILL PERSIST ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KMPX 241531
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
931 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...UNTIL 4 PM
TODAY...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THE WIND ADVISORY WAS REPLACED WITH A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW
AND STRONG WINDS. 

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

MNZ041-042-047>049-055-057-058-241645-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060124T2200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD
931 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED
BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING
SNOW...AND STRONG WINDS. 

$$

MNZ043>045-050>054-056-059>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-242200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060124T2200Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...
MONTEVIDEO...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
931 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO
50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME
VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AS IT IS WHIPPED BY THESE STRONG WINDS. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KMPX 242018
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
218 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE SOMEWHAT ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. WIND
ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-250100-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060125T0100Z/
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
218 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES CITIES SUCH AS OWATONNA...MANKATO
...WASECA...NEW ULM...REDWOOD FALLS...AND FAIRMONT. WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE PAST SUNSET BEFORE DIMINISHING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MNZ043>045-050>054-056-059>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-242200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060124T2200Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...
MONTEVIDEO...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
218 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
40 WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN
SLOWLY DIMINISH. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 3:03 PM CSTBlowing Snow AdvisoryMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd13 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2006Wind Advisories in Wisconsin, 2006Every wind advisory in 2006

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.