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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 200733 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jun 7, 2007, 4:14 AM CDT for 33 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 7, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2007, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 7, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 42 counties

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin 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, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
780 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KMPX 070914
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
414 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FROM 10 AM UNTIL 7 PM

.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY. STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE STATE BY THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM NEAR NEW ULM...TO THE TWIN CITIES AND BALSAM LAKE WISCONSIN.
THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO GUST AROUND 40 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
AROUND 25 MPH. AS THE FRONT EXITS INTO WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING...THE WIND WILL SWITCH TO A NORTHWEST DIRECTION AND
GRADUALLY DIMINISH...FROM WEST TO EAST...ACROSS THE REGION.

MNZ067-074>077-082>085-091>093-071715-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0012.070607T1500Z-070608T0000Z/
SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
414 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. VEHICLES
TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE
STRONG CROSS WINDS. DRIVING CAN BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.


$$

MNZ054>057-064>066-073-071015-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T0900Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS
414 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HOWEVER...STRONG SOUTH WINDS FROM
20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE A COLD FRONT
SWEEP INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.


$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-071715-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0012.070607T1500Z-070608T0000Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
414 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THIS
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRAVEL
ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY...GRADUALLY DRAGGING A
COLD FRONT INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING.

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 072124
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
424 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO THIS EVENING...

.WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AHEAD
OF AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN
MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR EAST OF A LITTLE FALLS
TO WILLMAR LINE. SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE FREQUENT INTO THE EVENING
HOURS...ESPECIALLY FROM CAMBRIDGE TO THE TWIN CITIES AND
MANKATO...AND POINTS EASTWARD. AS THE FRONT EXITS INTO WISCONSIN
THIS EVENING... THE WIND WILL SWITCH TO A NORTHWEST DIRECTION AND
GRADUALLY DIMINISH...FROM WEST TO EAST...ACROSS THE REGION.

MNZ041-047-048-054>059-064>066-073-080200-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070608T0200Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS
424 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AHEAD OF AN UNSEASONABLY
STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SOUTHWEST
WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE
FREQUENT INTO THE EVENING HOURS...INCLUDING THE
WILLMAR...HUTCHINSON...AND REDWOOD FALLS AREAS. AS THE FRONT
EXITS INTO WISCONSIN LATER THIS EVENING...THE WIND WILL SWITCH TO
A NORTHWEST DIRECTION AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH...FROM WEST TO
EAST...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.

$$

MNZ060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-080200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070608T0200Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
424 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA..AHEAD OF AN UNSEASONABLY
STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SOUTHWEST
WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE
FREQUENT INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY FROM CAMBRIDGE TO THE
TWIN CITIES AND MANKATO...AND POINTS EASTWARD. AS THE FRONT EXITS
INTO WISCONSIN THIS EVENING... THE WIND WILL SWITCH TO A NORTHWEST
DIRECTION AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH...FROM WEST TO EAST...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.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-080000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070608T0000Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
424 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH
OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AHEAD OF AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE FREQUENT
INTO THE EVENING HOURS...INCLUDING THE RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...EAU
CLAIRE...AND CHIPPEWA FALLS AREAS. AS THE FRONT EXITS INTO EASTERN
WISCONSIN TONIGHT... THE WIND WILL SWITCH TO A NORTHWEST DIRECTION
AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH...FROM WEST TO EAST...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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Watonwan43 min
Jun 7, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Sibley51 min
Jun 7, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice49 min
Jun 7, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod24 min
Jun 7, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice, Scott32 min
Jun 7, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright35 min
Jun 7, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington25 min
Jun 7, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington34 min
Jun 7, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue57 min
Jun 7, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue45 min
Jun 7, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope24 min
Jun 7, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville50 min
Jun 7, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright46 min
Jun 7, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin33 min
Jun 7, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti, Sherburne49 min
Jun 7, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk43 min
Jun 7, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn34 min
Jun 7, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk40 min
Jun 7, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix41 min
Jun 7, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn42 min
Jun 7, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron25 min
Jun 7, 1:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk51 min
Jun 7, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXEau Claire34 min
Jun 7, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXEau Claire22 min

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.