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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 1, 200739 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 1, 2007, 2:30 PM CST for 39 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 1, 2007, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 1, 2007, 2:30 PM CST (20:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2007, 10:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 2, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 39 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, 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, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti 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, Ramsey 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2007-02-01Temperature 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 2007-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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 012030
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
230 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007

...ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO BRING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL BLAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BRISK NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID SUB-ZERO
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS. THE WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BETWEEN MINUS 25 AND MINUS
30 DEGREES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.


MNZ041>045-047>052-054>062-064>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-020430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.070202T0400Z-070202T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-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...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
230 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. 

ARCTIC AIR WILL BLAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID SUB-ZERO
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS. THE WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BETWEEN MINUS 25 AND MINUS
30 DEGREES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST 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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 012217 RRA
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
230 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007

...ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO BRING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL BLAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BRISK 
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID SUB-ZERO 
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS 
WIND CHILLS. THE WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BETWEEN MINUS 25 AND MINUS 
30 DEGREES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.


MNZ041>045-047>052-054>062-064>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-020430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.070202T0400Z-070202T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-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...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
230 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. 

ARCTIC AIR WILL BLAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID SUB-ZERO
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS. THE WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BETWEEN MINUS 25 AND MINUS
30 DEGREES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST 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 020349
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
949 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007

...ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO BRING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY...

.ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID SUB-ZERO
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS. THE WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BETWEEN MINUS 25 AND MINUS
30 DEGREES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

MNZ041>045-047>052-054>062-064>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-021200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.070202T0400Z-070202T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-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...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
949 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007

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

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

ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID SUB-ZERO
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS. THE WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BETWEEN MINUS 25 AND MINUS
30 DEGREES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST 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.

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 021123
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
523 AM CST FRI FEB 2 2007

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...

.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH NOON TODAY FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES...COUPLED
WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 10 MPH...WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM
MINUS 25 TO MINUS 30 DEGREES DURING THE MORNING. 

MNZ041>045-047>052-054>062-064>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-021800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-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...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
523 AM CST FRI FEB 2 2007

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

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

SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES...COUPLED WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 10
MPH...WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS 25 TO MINUS 30
DEGREES DURING THE 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.

$$

RAH

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.