Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 6, 2007, 12:23 AM CDT for 19 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2007, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
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, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 060523 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1223 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OVERNIGHT... .EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND ALEXANDRIA...TO OLIVIA...TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA. A STRONG PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER NEBRASKA...AND A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WAS CAUSING THE STRONG WINDS. EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...BUT NOT AS STRONG AS THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-060900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.070506T0523Z-070506T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1223 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AND NORTHEAST THROUGH NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. 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. $$ JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMPX 060910 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 410 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH 9 AM... .EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A NEW ULM TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA LINE. A STRONG PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER NEBRASKA...AND A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHERN CANADA WAS CAUSING THE STRONG WINDS. EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT NOT AS STRONG AS SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ074-075-082>085-091>093-061400- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070506T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0006.070506T0910Z-070506T1400Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 410 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EXPECT STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AND NORTHEAST THROUGH NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-061015- /O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070506T0900Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 410 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. $$ MDB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Nicollet and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 6:29 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 8:40 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Douglas and 24 more | 4 hr |
| May 6, 11:48 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood and 3 more | 16 hr |
| May 6, 11:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Douglas and 24 more | 8 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.