Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2006, 9:48 PM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 7, 2006, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2006, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2006, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 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, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 070248 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 948 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO MISSOURI BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY 4 AM...AS COLDER AND DRIER AIR MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW. THE STRONG WINDS...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING OUT IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-071100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.060407T0600Z-060407T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 948 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEY WILL DIMINISH BY MID MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. 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. $$ MNZ067-074>076-082>085-091>093-071100- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.060407T0900Z-060407T1700Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 948 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 12 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 12 PM CDT FRIDAY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THEY WILL DIMINISH BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMPX 070921 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 421 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING... .NORTHEAST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH... WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FROM GLENWOOD...WILLMAR AND MORTON WEST TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. A WIND ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FROM SLEEPY EYE...GAYLORD AND MEDFORD SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. THESE WINDS ARE DUE TO THE PRESSURE GRADIENT CREATED BETWEEN A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND A HIGH PRESSURE AREA APPROACHING MINNESOTA FROM CANADA. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING OUT IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-071500- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060407T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 421 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 30 TO 35 MPH AND WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY 10 AM. 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. $$ MNZ067-074>076-082>085-091>093-071700- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060407T1700Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 421 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 30 TO 35 MPH AND WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MIDDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 4 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Steele, Waseca | 2 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.