Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Sep 21, 2007, 4:30 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 21, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2007, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2007, 2:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties
Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 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, 9.5 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
- 1394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 567 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 24.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 210930 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 430 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA TODAY... .DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTHEAST TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA. DRY AIR ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL FLOOD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND FURTHER EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS ENVIRONMENT SETUP IS FAVORABLE FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF BUFFALO RIDGE AND NEAR ALEXANDRIA. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM MILLE LACS LAKE TO MANKATO. 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 IF TRAVELING IN SUCH A VEHICLE...NAMELY ON I-94 NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-211730- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0015.070921T1600Z-070921T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 430 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. .DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTHEAST TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA. DRY AIR ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL FLOOD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND FURTHER EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS ENVIRONMENT SETUP IS FAVORABLE FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF BUFFALO RIDGE AND NEAR ALEXANDRIA. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM MILLE LACS LAKE TO MANKATO. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN SUCH A VEHICLE...NAMELY ON I-94 NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 211658 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1158 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MILLE LACS LAKE TO MANKATO. LATE THIS MORNING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WERE OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST AREAS OF MINNESOTA... FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MARSHALL ON WESTWARD. WIND GUSTS TO 47 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT GRANITE FALLS AND HANLEY FALLS. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS WESTERN AREAS OF THE STATE. THE STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS...ALONG WITH GUSTS WELL INTO THE 40 MPH RANGE...WILL SPREAD EAST TO MILLE LACS LAKE...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA AND MANKATO BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE SOME LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN SUCH A VEHICLE...NAMELY ON I-94 NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-212100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070921T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1158 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MILLE LACS LAKE TO MANKATO. LATE THIS MORNING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WERE OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST AREAS OF MINNESOTA... FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MARSHALL ON WESTWARD. WIND GUSTS TO 47 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT GRANITE FALLS AND HANLEY FALLS. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS WESTERN AREAS OF THE STATE. THE STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS...ALONG WITH GUSTS WELL INTO THE 40 MPH RANGE...WILL SPREAD EAST TO MILLE LACS LAKE...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA AND MANKATO BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN SUCH A VEHICLE...NAMELY ON I-94 NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. $$ RAH
000 WWUS73 KMPX 211956 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 256 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS AT MID AFTERNOON HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 30 MPH OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST AREAS OF MINNESOTA. HENCE...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064>067-073>075-212100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-070921T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 256 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS AT MID AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 30 MPH. HENCE...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Washington | 34 min |
| Sep 20, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 54 min |
| Sep 21, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 25 min |
| Sep 21, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 18 min |
| Sep 21, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 17 min |
| Sep 21, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 22 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007
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.