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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 22, 200717 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2007, 10:09 AM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2007, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2007-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 221509
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1009 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL UNTIL 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 600 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY WAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO
HUTCHINSON TO CHANHASSEN. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO 
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS CLOUDS AND SCATTERED
SHOWERS BECOME MORE PREVALENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.

A SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...WILL REMAIN SITUATED FROM THE
EASTERN DAKOTAS INTO THE EASTERN ROCKIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WARM
AND MOIST SOUTHERLY AIRFLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST
INTO WEDNESDAY. 

MNZ065>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-222300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.070522T1509Z-070522T2300Z/
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1009 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 600 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY WAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO
HUTCHINSON TO CHANHASSEN. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO 
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS CLOUDS AND SCATTERED
SHOWERS BECOME MORE PREVALENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.

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 222318
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
618 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THAT OCCURRED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.
HENCE...THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM.

MNZ065>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-230030-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-070522T2300Z/
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
618 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE
LESS THAN 30 MPH TONIGHT.  


$$

RAH

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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.