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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Dec 13, 2007, 4:04 AM CST for 11 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 13, 2007, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2007, 4:04 AM CST (10:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2007, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2007, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 131004 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 404 AM CST THU DEC 13 2007 ...STRONG WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA TODAY... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS...TO PAYNESVILLE...TO GRANITE FALLS. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE ADVISORY AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TODAY. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>057-064-131815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0022.071213T1600Z-071213T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 404 AM CST THU DEC 13 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS...TO PAYNESVILLE...TO GRANITE FALLS. WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. 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. $$ RAH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMPX 131811 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1211 PM CST THU DEC 13 2007 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS...TO PAYNESVILLE...TO GRANITE FALLS. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS THAT MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND AN ATTENDANT ARCTIC COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TODAY...NAMELY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>057-064-132300- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-071213T2300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 1211 PM CST THU DEC 13 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS THAT MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS TODAY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND AN ATTENDANT ARCTIC COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THIS INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
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.