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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 14, 20077 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 14, 2007, 8:33 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 14, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2007, 8:33 AM CDT (13:33 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 14, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -651 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KMPX 141333
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
833 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON THE REST OF THE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE PUSHING
INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 30
MPH. A FEW WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 45 MPH THIS MORNING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM...FOR
AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT NEW ULM TO FARIBAULT.

MNZ082>085-091>093-142100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0009.070514T1400Z-070514T2100Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
833 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH INTO MID
AFTERNOON. A FEW WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 45 MPH THIS MORNING INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS ARE AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT...WHICH WILL BE PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

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

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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.