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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 11, 200713 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 11, 2007, 4:00 PM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 11, 2007, 7:26 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2007, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2007, 7:26 PM CST
Expired
Jan 12, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -87 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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 
WWUS43 KMPX 112200
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
400 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007

...SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR OVERNIGHT....

.ARCTIC AIR WILL BE POURING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT
WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. TEMPERATURES WERE ALREADY BELOW ZERO
THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND EXPECT LOW
TEMPERATURES AROUND 5 BELOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA BY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH...WILL
DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO AROUND 25 BELOW AFTER MIDNIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST SURGE OF BELOW ZERO
READINGS WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS SEASON...FOR WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-120600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.070112T0300Z-070112T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO
400 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. 

FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 5 BELOW ZERO...WILL
COMBINE WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...TO DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES
DOWN TO AROUND 25 BELOW. EXPECT THE VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES TO
DEVELOP MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$
JPR
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 120126
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
726 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007

...SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR OVERNIGHT....

.ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON A 
BRISK NORTHWEST WIND. TEMPERATURES WERE ALREADY IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS ABOVE ZERO OVER THIS REGION. COMBINED WITH A NORTHWEST WIND
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WIND CHILL READINGS WERE ALREADY NEARING 20
BELOW ZERO IN A FEW LOCATIONS. EXPECT LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 5
BELOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY MORNING.
NORTHWEST WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH...WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES
DOWN TO 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR
STAPLES TO GRANITE FALLS. THEREFORE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT...FOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING FOR THIS REGION OF THE
STATE. REMEMBER TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THIS THIS SURGE OF
ARCTIC AIR.

MNZ042-064-120930-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.070112T0300Z-070112T1800Z/
TODD-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...GRANITE FALLS
726 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY.

FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO...WILL
COMBINE WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...TO DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES
DOWN TO AROUND 25 BELOW. EXPECT THE VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES TO
DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-120930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.070112T0300Z-070112T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO
726 PM CST THU JAN 11 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. 

FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 5 BELOW ZERO...WILL
COMBINE WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS...TO DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES
DOWN TO 25 TO 30 BELOW. EXPECT THE VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES TO
DEVELOP MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 120830
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
230 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

...ARCTIC AIR CONTINUED TO POUR INTO THE STATE TONIGHT...

.ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SPILL SOUTH OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ON BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO OVER THIS AREA. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WERE PRODUCING WIND
CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN MANY LOCATIONS. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY WILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON TODAY. REMEMBER TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR
THIS THIS SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-121630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070112T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
230 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE
ADVISORY WAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...GLENWOOD TO
LONG PRAIRIE.  

TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO TUMBLE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS
BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
COMBINED WITH THESE COLD TEMPERATURES WERE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS
OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.  

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND DRESS APPROPRIATELY. 

$$
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 121004
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
404 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

...ARCTIC AIR CONTINUED TO POUR INTO THE STATE THIS MORNING...

.ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SPILL SOUTH OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ON BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. TEMPERATURES HAD FALLEN INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH HAD PRODUCED WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO
IN MANY LOCATIONS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SOMEWHAT
LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY
THAT IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON HAS BEEN EXPANDED EAST TO INCLUDE
AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR TO
REDWOOD FALLS. REMEMBER TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY BY SEVERAL LAYERS
OF CLOTHING...COVER YOUR HEAD AND WEAR GLOVES OR MITTENS. 

MNZ043-049-057-065-073-121800-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070112T1800Z/
MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
404 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO TUMBLE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS
BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH COMBINED
WITH THESE COLD TEMPERATURES HAD PRODUCED WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 
BELOW ZERO. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SOMEWHAT WITH WIND
CHILLS OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO DURING THE REST OF THE DAY. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND DRESS APPROPRIATELY.

$$

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-121800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070112T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
404 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

TEMPERATURES HAD PLUMMETED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW
ZERO THIS MORNING. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUED AT 15 TO 25
MPH. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WERE
PRODUCING WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN MANY LOCATIONS. 
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SOMEWHAT AS TEMPERATURES
CLIMBED TO SINGLE DIGITS AT OR ABOVE ZERO.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES...AND DRESS APPROPRIATELY.

$$

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2007Every wind chill 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.