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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this high wind warning at Jun 5, 2008, 10:27 PM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2008, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:28 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Fairmont, MN | TWO LARGE TREES TOPPLED. ONE TEN INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 540 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 060327 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1027 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...HIGH WINDS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE TROUGH TO THE SOUTHWEST...AND RAPIDLY MOVING SHOWERS OUT OF IOWA...ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS. THESE WINDS COULD CAUSE TREES TO GO DOWN...AS WELL AS CAUSING DAMAGE TO SMALL STRUCTURES. THIS WARNING WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF MANKATO...NEW ULM...FAIRMONT...ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND ZUMBROTA. MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-060600- /O.NEW.KMPX.HW.W.0001.080606T0327Z-080606T0600Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1027 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY. EXPECT VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THIS WARNING WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF MANKATO...NEW ULM...FAIRMONT...ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...AND ZUMBROTA. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ JPR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 15 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.