Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2008, 2:25 AM CST for 24 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 3, 2008, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2008, 2:25 AM CST (08:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2008, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 24 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 030825 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 225 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SOME DRIFTING SNOW ALSO POSSIBLE... .SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT LEAST INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL EXPAND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AND SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND NOON. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO ALSO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CITIES SUCH AS ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...WILLMAR...CANBY...AND ST. JAMES. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-031630- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.080103T0900Z-080103T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 225 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT LEAST INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL EXPAND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AND SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND NOON. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO ALSO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 031247 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 647 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY BEING EXPANDED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL EXPAND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO ALSO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES CITIES SUCH AS ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...WILLMAR... CANBY...AND ST. JAMES UNTIL NOON. IT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALBERT LEA...OWATONA...FARIBAULT AND NORTHFIELD UNTIL 3 PM. MNZ066-067-076>078-084-085-093-032100- /O.EXB.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080103T2100Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 647 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO ALSO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-031800- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080103T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 647 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS. THESE WINDS CONTINUE IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO ALSO CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS WITH DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 031837 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1237 PM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE HUTCHINSON...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AND RED WING. SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO MID AFTERNOON AND THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID FLUCTUATIONS IN THE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ066-067-076>078-084-085-093-032100- /O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080103T2100Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1237 PM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... SOUTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID FLUCTUATIONS IN THE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 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.