Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 13, 2006, 3:11 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2006, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 42 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
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 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 130811 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 311 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY. THESE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL HELP CREATE THE GUST POTENTIAL WHICH MAY BE NEAR 50 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. MNZ042>045-050-052-053-131600- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.061013T0811Z-061013T1600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 311 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES AN AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO LINDSTROM. .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL HELP CREATE THE GUST POTENTIAL WHICH MAY BE NEAR 50 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS. 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. $$ MNZ041-047>049-051-054>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-131615- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.061013T1200Z-061013T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 311 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AN AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALEXANDRIA TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO. .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL HELP CREATE THE GUST POTENTIAL WHICH MAY BE NEAR 50 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS...INCLUDING THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MTF
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMPX 131556 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1056 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR AND ALBERT LEA...WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE STRONGEST WINDS. THESE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS...SHOULD ALSO BE SECURED. MNZ049-051-058>063-066-068>070-076>078-084-085-131700- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-061013T2300Z/ STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA 1056 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ MNZ042>045-050-052-053-131700- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-061013T1600Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 1056 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091>093-132300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-061013T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 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...ALBERT LEA 1056 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL HELP CREATE THE GUST POTENTIAL WHICH MAY BE NEAR 50 MPH IN CHANNELED VALLEYS... INCLUDING THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. 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. $$ KAT
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.