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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2007, 4:00 AM CST for 16 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 23, 2007, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2007, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2007, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 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 231000 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 400 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING FROM DEEP STORM OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TOWARD UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...ALONG WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 4O MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091>093-231800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0023.071223T1500Z-071224T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 400 AM CST SUN DEC 23 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. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES NORTH...NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN TOWARD UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. 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. $$ JPR/MDB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMPX 231751 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1151 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OFF FURTHER TO THE EAST. MNZ041-042-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091>093-240000- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1151 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OFF FURTHER TO THE EAST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:22 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 22 more | 20 hr |
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.