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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 200742 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jul 10, 2007, 9:49 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 10, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2007, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 10, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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 14:50 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 12:00Z, 2.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-07-10Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 101449
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
949 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE 
REMAINDER OF THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
AN UNUSUALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WAS
PASSING THROUGH NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND A COLD FRONT HAD MOVED
THROUGH MOST THROUGH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE
AREA WILL MOVE TOWARD LAKE SUPERIOR DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE
STRONG WINDS CONTINUING. A FEW WINDS GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-102300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.070710T1500Z-070710T2300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-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...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...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
949 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 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. 

EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. 

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 101538
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1038 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
AN UNUSUALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WAS
PASSING THROUGH NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND A COLD FRONT HAD MOVED
THROUGH MOST OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA
WILL MOVE TOWARD LAKE SUPERIOR DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE
STRONG WINDS CONTINUING. A FEW WINDS GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-102300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-070710T2300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-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...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...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
1038 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

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

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

EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO
45 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

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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.