Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Oct 30, 2006, 4:07 AM CST for 20 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 30, 2006, 10:52 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2006, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2006, 10:52 AM CST
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 13 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, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 623 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 301007 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 407 AM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR SWEEPS INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE OUT OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW PRESSURE PASSES BY. EXPECT THE STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSSURE MOVES INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-301815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.061030T2100Z-061031T0300Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 407 AM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER...AS IT MOVES FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM AS WELL. SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER AIR SWEEPS INTO THE AREA. 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. $$ JPR/MDB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 301652 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1052 AM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR SWEEPS INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE OUT OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW PRESSURE PASSES BY. EXPECT THE STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. MNZ041-048-057-310100- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.061030T2000Z-061031T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR 1052 AM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM...BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER. GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-075-083-092-310100- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.061030T2200Z-061031T0600Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 1052 AM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 PM AND 5 PM. THE WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-310100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.061030T2000Z-061031T0600Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1052 AM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM...BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER. GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM AS WELL. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MELDE
000 WWUS73 KMPX 302135 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 335 PM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE OUT OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD ONTARIO TONIGHT. MNZ041-048-057-310600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.061030T2200Z-061031T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...WILLMAR 335 PM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH DEVELOPING. THE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-310600- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-061031T0600Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 335 PM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH DEVELOPING. THE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MNZ049-058-066-067-075-083-092-310600- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.061030T2200Z-061031T0600Z/ STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 335 PM CST MON OCT 30 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH DEVELOPING BY 6 PM. THE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE CENTER. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MELDE
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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.