Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2007, 2:14 PM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 3, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2007, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2007, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 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 031914 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 214 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO AFFECT THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY HAS RESULTED IN NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH AT TIMES...ACROSS LOCATIONS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARD SUNRISE. LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED SO AS NOT TO BECOME PROJECTILES. EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. MNZ064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-040315- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.070403T2000Z-070404T1100Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 214 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY HAS RESULTED IN NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH AT TIMES...ACROSS LOCATIONS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARD SUNRISE. 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. $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMPX 040327 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1027 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO AFFECT THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST HAS RESULTED IN NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH AT TIMES...ACROSS LOCATIONS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. MNZ064-065-067-073>075-082>085-091>093-041100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070404T1100Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1027 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST HAS RESULTED IN NORTHWEST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH AT TIMES...ACROSS LOCATIONS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...AND THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE... ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 6 more | 22 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.