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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN

November 13, 200724 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Nov 13, 2007, 1:20 PM CST for 24 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 14, 2007, 3:26 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2007, 1:20 PM CST (19:20 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 14, 2007, 3:26 AM CST
Expired
Nov 14, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 24 counties

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn 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, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2007-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 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
2153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 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 131920
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
120 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS CANADA. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED
AT SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LIKELY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...ALONG AND WEST OF A LONG PRAIRIE...TO
HUTCHINSON...TO BLUE EARTH LINE.


MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-140330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0021.071114T1500Z-071115T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
120 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS CANADA. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED
AT SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LIKELY. THE WIND ADVISORY
INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LONG PRAIRIE...TO
HUTCHINSON...TO BLUE EARTH LINE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
LS
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KMPX 140353
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
953 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A SECOND SURGE OF COLD AIR...BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS CANADA. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS
AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LIKELY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY...ALONG AND WEST OF A LONG
PRAIRIE...TO HUTCHINSON...TO BLUE EARTH LINE.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-141200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0021.071114T1500Z-071115T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
953 PM CST TUE NOV 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A SECOND SURGE OF COLD AIR...BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS CANADA. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS
AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LIKELY. THE WIND ADVISORY
INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LONG PRAIRIE...TO
HUTCHINSON...TO BLUE EARTH LINE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
JPR
000 
WWUS73 KMPX 140926
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
326 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A SURGE OF COLD AIR...BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
SITUATED OVER ONTARIO. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH AFTERNOON ALONG WITH GUSTS THAT EXCEED 40 MPH AT
TIMES. CONSEQUENTLY...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS POSTED FOR
TODAY...ALONG AND WEST OF A LONG PRAIRIE...TO HUTCHINSON...TO
ALBERT LEA LINE.

MNZ076-084-093-141730-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WI.Y.0021.071114T1500Z-071115T0000Z/
LE SUEUR-WASECA-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...WASECA...ALBERT LEA
326 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A SURGE OF COLD AIR...BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM SITUATED OVER ONTARIO. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30
MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH
AFTERNOON ALONG WITH GUSTS THAT EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES ALONG
INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>057-064-141730-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0021.071114T1200Z-071115T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
GRANITE FALLS
326 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH SHORTLY BEFORE
DAYBREAK TODAY OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG
WINDS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SURGE OF COLD AIR...BEHIND A DEEP
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. WINDS GUSTS TO
45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MNZ058-065>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-141730-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0021.071114T1500Z-071115T0000Z/
MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
326 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER DAYBREAK
OVER PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH A SURGE OF COLD AIR BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. WIND GUSTS WILL EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES ALONG
INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KMPX 141746
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1146 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG TODAY...AS COLD AIR CONTINUES
SURGING INTO MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THE COLD AIR WAS DUE TO LOW
PRESSURE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO AND A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS MOVING
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND
30 MPH... AND SOME LOCALES MAY HAVE GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. THEREFORE A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO HUTCHINSON...TO ALBERT LEA. USE
EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.

MNZ041-042-047>049-054>057-064-150000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-071115T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
GRANITE FALLS
1146 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

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

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

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG TODAY...AS COLD AIR CONTINUES
SURGING INTO MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THE COLD AIR WAS DUE TO LOW
PRESSURE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO AND A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS MOVING
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND
30 MPH... AND SOME LOCALES MAY HAVE GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. THEREFORE A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO HUTCHINSON...TO ALBERT LEA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

MNZ058-065>067-073>076-082>084-091>093-150000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-071115T0000Z/
MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1146 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

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

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

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG TODAY...AS COLD AIR CONTINUES
SURGING INTO MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. THE COLD AIR WAS DUE TO LOW
PRESSURE IN NORTHERN ONTARIO AND A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS MOVING
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND
30 MPH... AND SOME LOCALES MAY HAVE GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. THEREFORE A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...TO HUTCHINSON...TO ALBERT LEA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES ALONG
INTERSTATE 90. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
TDK

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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.