Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2006, 3:43 AM CST for 26 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2006, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2006, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2006, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 26 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 311743 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1143 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT LOCATIONS TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO HUTCHINSON...TO FARIBAULT AND ALBERT LEA. AS DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN MOVES SLOWLY EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW MOVES FURTHER FROM THE AREA...WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE RAPIDLY BY EARLY EVENING. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-010000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060401T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1143 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH POTENTIAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL LIKELY OCCUR JUST EAST OF BUFFALO RIDGE AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. GUSTS OVER 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED DURING THE MORNING HOURS ALONG THE RIVER VALLEY. 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. THESE WINDS CAN ALSO LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON OPEN BODIES OF WATER. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH RECEPTACLES...THAT MAY BE EASILY TOSSED BY THE WINDS. $$ MTF
000 WWUS73 KMPX 312135 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 335 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH... WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER... STRONG WINDS AFFECTING MOST LOCALES SOUTHWEST OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM LONG PRAIRIE... TO ST CLOUD... TO HUTCHINSON... TO ALBERT LEA SHOULD RAPIDLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD... AWAY FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-010000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060401T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 335 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN AREAS FROM REDWOOD FALLS... TO FAIRMONT... MANKATO... AND OWATONNA... AFFECTING INTERSTATES 90 AND 35... AND U.S. HIGHWAY 14. SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DECREASE BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM THIS EVENING... AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 6 PM. 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. THESE WINDS CAN ALSO LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON OPEN BODIES OF WATER. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH RECEPTACLES...THAT MAY BE EASILY TOSSED BY THE WINDS. $$ MILLER
000 WWUS73 KMPX 312357 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 557 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL ALLOW TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM... .THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM THIS EVENING...AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE STATE BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO UNDER 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-010100- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060401T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 557 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM THIS EVENING...AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE STATE BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO UNDER 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$
Nearby
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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.