Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 6, 2007, 11:52 AM CDT for 30 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2007, 11:52 AM CDT (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 7:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 30 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 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 061652 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1 PM FOR THE TWIN CITIES ON WESTWARD TO HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHWARD THROUGH FAIRMONT...ALBERT LEA...AND RED WING. SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN THROUGH 1 PM. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT. THE ADVISORY AREA LIES TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO SAINT JAMES. SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING IN THESE AREAS. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-070100- /O.CAN.KMPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070506T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.070506T1652Z-070507T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES 1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO SAINT JAMES. 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. $$ MNZ067-075-076-083-084-091>093-061800- /O.EXT.KMPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070506T1800Z/ SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEARLY 60 MPH... WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN DIMINISHING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MNZ060-062-063-066-068>070-077-078-085-061800- /O.CON.KMPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070506T1800Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE- GOODHUE-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OWATONNA 1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEARLY 60 MPH... WILL OCCUR INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON WESTWARD TO HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHWARD TO OWATONNA AND RED WING. THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ KAT/LS/RAH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 061808 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 108 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM FOR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON WESTWARD TO HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHWARD THROUGH BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA AND RED WING. SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS THROUGH MID EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 9 PM AS WELL. THE ADVISORY AREA LIES TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING IN THESE AREAS. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. MNZ060-062-063-066>070-075>078-083>085-091>093-070200- /O.EXP.KMPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070506T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.070506T1808Z-070507T0200Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 108 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING FROM THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON WESTWARD THROUGH HUTCHINSON AND SOUTHWARD THROUGH BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA AND RED WING. 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>057-064-065-073-074-082-070200- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070507T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES 108 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO FAIRMONT. 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. $$ RAH
000 WWUS73 KMPX 070044 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 744 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WINDS DECREASING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE BEEN DECREASING OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND NOW RANGE IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS TO REMAIN IN THIS GENERAL RANGE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA TO OUR WEST WAS SLOWLY WEAKENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-060-062>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-070145- /O.CAN.KMPX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070507T0200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...MINNEAPOLIS... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 744 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW 30 MPH IN MOST LOCATIONS...AND WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 12:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 13 more | 4 hr |
| 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 |
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.