Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2007, 3:46 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 21, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2007, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 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 210846 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 346 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FROM THE AROUND ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...NEAR FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO NEW ULM...AND EAST TO OWATONNA. THE SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER DARK. MNZ064-073-074-082>085-091>093-211700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.070421T1800Z-070422T0100Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 346 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY IS LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...FROM NEAR GRANITE FALLS...TO NEW ULM...AND EAST TO OWATONNA. THE SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER DARK. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 210849 CCA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 346 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...NEAR GRANITE FALLS...TO NEW ULM...AND EAST TO OWATONNA. THE SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER DARK. MNZ064-073-074-082>085-091>093-211700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.070421T1800Z-070422T0100Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 346 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY IS LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...FROM NEAR GRANITE FALLS...TO NEW ULM...AND EAST TO OWATONNA. THE SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER DARK. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 211840 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 140 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ON THE INCREASE... .SOUTH WINDS HAVE INCREASED BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH AT FAIRMONT...NEW ULM AND DODGE CENTER. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN GUSTY WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR BETTER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO THAT PART OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SOUTH OF CANBY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IN THE DAKOTAS. MNZ064-073-074-082>085-091>093-220100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070422T0100Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 140 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS HAVE INCREASED BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH AT FAIRMONT...NEW ULM AND DODGE CENTER. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN GUSTY WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR BETTER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO THAT PART OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SOUTH OF CANBY UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IN THE DAKOTAS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley, Wright | 58 min |
| Apr 21, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 44 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.