Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2007
Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 7, 2007, 9:28 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2007, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2007, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 42 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue 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, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KMPX 080328 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 928 PM CST WED FEB 7 2007 ...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AGAIN... .DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PREVAIL OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL NOT BE ESPECIALLY STRONG...BUT UP TO 15 MPH AT TIMES. HOWEVER...WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW RANGE OVERNIGHT...EXPECT WIND CHILLS IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW RANGE...AND POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MINNESOTA...WILL MAINTAIN A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IF VENTURING OUTDOORS...YOU SHOULD DRESS ACCORDINGLY. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO CARRY A WINTER SAFETY KIT OR A MOBILE PHONE IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-081130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.070208T0328Z-070208T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-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...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...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 928 PM CST WED FEB 7 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS IN THE 25 TO 35 BELOW RANGE WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY BE CLOSE TO 40 BELOW NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD AND WILLMAR. WIND CHILL CONDITIONS WILL MODERATE BY MID MORNING THURSDAY...BUT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STILL BE ON THE BRISK SIDE. 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. $$ JPR
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS43 KMPX 081128 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 528 AM CST THU FEB 8 2007 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OCCURRING THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .WIDESPREAD WIND CHILLS FROM -25 TO -35 WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS MORNING. ISOLATED WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS -40 HAVE BEEN OBSERVED EARLY THIS MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR MORRIS AND GLENWOOD. WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG...BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH...BUT COMBINED WITH WELL BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE ENOUGH BY 10 AM FOR WIND CHILLS TO TOP -25...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNNELING THE COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. IF VENTURING OUTDOORS...YOU SHOULD DRESS ACCORDINGLY AND ENSURE THAT YOUNG CHILDREN ARE AS WELL. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO CARRY A WINTER SAFETY KIT OR A MOBILE PHONE IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-081600- /O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070208T1600Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-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...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...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 528 AM CST THU FEB 8 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. .WIDESPREAD WIND CHILLS FROM -25 TO -35 WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS MORNING...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. ISOLATED WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS -40 HAVE BEEN OBSERVED EARLY THIS MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR MORRIS AND GLENWOOD. WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG...BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH...BUT COMBINED WITH WELL BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE ENOUGH BY 10 AM FOR WIND CHILLS TO TOP -25...HOWEVER WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ZERO THROUGH 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. $$ MTF
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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.