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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

January 27, 200734 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 27, 2007, 11:19 AM CST for 34 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 27, 2007, 6:37 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2007, 11:19 AM CST (17:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2007, 6:37 PM CST
Expired
Jan 28, 2007, 3:16 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 34 counties

Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2007-01-27Temperature 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 2007-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -128 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
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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 271719
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1119 AM CST SAT JAN 27 2007

...BITTER ARCTIC AIR PUSHING SOUTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF A HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE OVER SASKATCHEWAN...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO
TEMPERATURES LATE THIS EVENING TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE
AREA...WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA SOUTHWARD THROUGH LITCHFIELD TO
REDWOOD FALLS. THE ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE SUNDAY
MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE AND TEMPERATURES MODERATE INTO SINGLE
DIGITS ABOVE ZERO.

MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-280130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.070128T0300Z-070128T1400Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1119 AM CST SAT JAN 27 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY.

WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO TUMBLE INTO A RANGE OF MINUS
25 TO MINUS 30 AFTER 9 PM THIS SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS PART OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING MORRIS WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD
...ST. CLOUD AND REDWOOD FALLS.

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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 280037
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
637 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007

...BITTER ARCTIC AIR PLUNGING SOUTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH SUBZERO
TEMPERATURES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING TO PRODUCE
WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES FROM 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY FOR THE AREA...ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MORA...THROUGH THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO FARIBAULT
AND ALBERT LEA. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM CST SUNDAY
MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AS WINDS
DECREASE AND TEMPERATURES MODERATE INTO SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO.

MNZ051-059-066>069-074>077-082>085-091>093-280845-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.070128T0300Z-070128T1400Z/
SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
637 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SUNDAY.

THE ADVISORY INCLUDES SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES IN THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY INCLUDE ELK
RIVER...HUTCHINSON...NEW ULM...FARIBAULT...FAIRMONT AND ALBERT
LEA.

WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREE
RANGE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY 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>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-280845-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.070128T0300Z-070128T1400Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
637 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST SUNDAY. 

WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREE
RANGE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...ST. CLOUD AND REDWOOD
FALLS.

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.

$$

RAH
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 280916
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
316 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES
TO FUNNEL INTO THE REGION...WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA PRIOR TO 7 AM...AS TEMPERATURES BOTTOM OUT INTO THE FIVE
BELOW TO 12 BELOW ZERO RANGE. WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 18 BELOW
TO 24 BELOW RANGE WILL REMAIN COMMONPLACE PRIOR TO 7 AM. PERSONS
VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRESS VERY WARMLY...AND LESSEN
THEIR EXPOSURE TO THE WIND WHEN APPLICABLE. 


MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-281030-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070128T1400Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
316 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FUNNEL INTO THE
REGION...WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA PRIOR TO 7 AM...AS TEMPERATURES BOTTOM OUT INTO THE FIVE
BELOW TO 12 BELOW ZERO RANGE. WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 18 BELOW TO
24 BELOW RANGE WILL REMAIN COMMONPLACE PRIOR TO 7 AM. PERSONS
VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRESS VERY WARMLY...AND
LESSEN THEIR EXPOSURE TO THE WIND WHEN APPLICABLE. 

$$

AZ

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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.